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27 ● (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Group of 5 cabinet cards of historic sites
and scenes from the Revolution. Albumen prints, each about 4 x 5 inches, on original
card mounts; minor wear. Philadelphia and np, circa 1876-1905 [150/250]
Photographs of Carpenter’s Hall (interior and exterior) and Independence Hall, all on mounts
with embossed stamp of R. Newell & Sons of Philadelphia * Photographs of 2 historical
engravings, of the first prayer in the Continental Congress (uncredited, undated) and “Birth of
Our Nation’s Flag” by Charles H. Weisberger (printed caption on verso), issued after 1905.
28 ● (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) [Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm von.] Regulations
for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States. Part I (all
published). 8 folding plates. 138, [6] pages. 12mo, contemporary calf, worn; moderate
foxing and wear, several plates with full separations at folds and small chips, Plate VII
missing a large section; early owners’ inscriptions on front free endpaper.
Hartford, CT: Hudson & Goodwin, [1782] [700/1,000]
Preceded only by a 1779 Philadelphia edition. “Steuben gave the Continental Army a single
manual . . . which remained for the next thirty-three years the official manual of the U.S.
Army”—Unwin, The United States Infantry, page 25. Bristol B5608; Howes S951 (“aa”);
Sabin 91398.
29 ● (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Tarleton, Banastre. A History of the
Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America. 5
folding maps with hand-colored troop movements. 4to, later 1/2 morocco, handsome on
shelf, moderate wear to cloth edges; frontispiece map laid down in cloth, repaired tear to
Yorktown map, intermittent moderate foxing; 1936 owner’s inscription on flyleaf. With
1787 publisher’s ad leaf. London, 1787 [2,000/3,000]
FIRST EDITION. A British officer’s perspective on the southern campaigns, including Charleston
and Yorktown. Tarleton was the commanding officer at the Battle of Waxhaws, in which
numerous Americans were killed after attempting to surrender. He here observes that his troops
at Waxhaws were “stimulated . . . to a vindictive asperity not easily restrained.” “Valuable for
its critical comments as well as for its narrative”—Clark, Old South 317. Church 1224;
Howes T37 (“b”); Sabin 94397.
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