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FLORIDA

First edition. 24th Congress, 2d session, Ho. of Reps. Doc. No. 140. Original self-wraps, removed from bound volume. A very good copy. Records efforts to raise troops for the Seminole Indian War in Florida.
$ 125.00

71. CAPTURE OF PENSACOLA Galvez, Bernardo de. DIARIO DE LAS OPERACIONES DE LA EXPEDICION CONTRA LA PLAZA DE PANZACOLA CONCLUIDA POR LAS ARMAS DE S. M. CATOLICA.
A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION OF THE 1ST ED., WITH A FOREWORD BY N. ORWIN RUSH. Tallahassee, 1966. 45 pp.

STREETER SALE 1191: "This capture of Pensacola was not only one of the most glorious events of the Revolution, but it also broke the British hold on West Florida and made it likely that Spain would be given Florida at the Peace of 1783." Appended: Articulos de capitulacion (p.35-45), Relacion de los muertos y heridos, and Resumen de las armas y municiones de guerra que se han encontrado en...Panzacola (3 p. at end). Original printed wrappers bound into deluxe one-half polished English calf and cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London. Hand-tooled title in gilt on spine. A finely bound presentation of this scarce facsimile reprint limited to 210 copies. The Streeter copy was also bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. This copy bears a presentation from N. Orwin Rush dated Tallahassee, 1966. Printing of the title page and foreward by the Ashantilly Press, Darien, Georgia. HOWES P-59.
$ 850.00

72. Geiger, Maynard. THE FRANCISCAN CONQUEST OF FLORIDA (1573-1618).
ORWIN RUSH. Washington: The Catholic University of America, 1937. xiii,319 pp.

First edition. Catholic University of America. Studies in Hispanic-American History Vol. 1. Original printed wrappers. A very good copy of this scarce and important work.
$ 250.00

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