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Title page states Volume 1, but no more were published and this volume is complete unto itself. First edition. Original cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, yet a very good copy. Contains informative biographies of George Washington, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and John Randolph of Roanoke. The appendix reprints the "DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED COLONIES OF NORTH AMERICA, NOW MET AT CONGRESS IN PHILADELPHIA, SETTING FORTH THE CAUSES AND NECESSITY OF THEIR TAKING UP ARMS - JULY 6TH, 1775." A most important document from the American Revolution. This Declaration was embodied in "Dickinson's Writings" even though most of it came from Thomas Jefferson's pen. HAYNES 4 156.
$ 85.00

162. Hoyt, William Dana. COLONEL WILLIAM FLEMING ON THE VIRGINIA FRONTIER 1755-1783.
[np, 1942]. [2],99-119,405-34, 175-210 pp.

First edition, thus. Original printed wrappers. A near fine copy. A printing of three monographs which first appeared in different periodicals in 1942. This accounts for the work's curious pagination. There are about 8 7 pages in total. The monographs are entitled: COLONEL WILLIAM FLEMING IN DUNMORE'S WAR, 1774; COLONEL WILLIAM FLEMING, COUNTY LIEUTENANT OF BOTETOURT, 1776-1779; COLONEL WILLIAM FLEMING, COMMISSIONER TO EXAMINE AND SETTLE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS IN THE WESTERN COUNTRY, 1782-1783. A scarce collection of resource material for a series of campaigns in Virginia during the Revolution. The author received his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia. This work was most likely printed in a small edition for gift distribution to friends and scholars. The preface is dated May, 1942. HAYNES 8893.
$ 150.00

163. Robinson, Morgan Poitiaux. A COMPLETE INDEX OF STITH'S HISTORY OF VIRGINIA.
Richmond, Va., 1912. 152 pp.

First edition. Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1912. Original printed wrappers. A near fine copy. Stith's book, published in Williamsburg in 1747, was the first history written and printed in Virginia. A necessary index to a landmark work.
$ 85.00

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