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152 ● (IRISH-AMERICANS.) Russell, E.N.; artist. Bark Catalpa, of New Bedford.
Lithograph, 14 x 22 inches; closed separations at folds, edge wear.
Boston: Forbes, 1876 [200/300]
The Catalpa was a New Bedford whaling vessel which was sent to Australia in a successful effort to
free six imprisoned members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood in 1876. These escapees went on to
new lives in America, some under assumed names. This print depicts the dramatic arrival of the pris-
oners aboard the Catalpa by whaleboat, just ahead of a police boat. It includes a descriptive key and
the facsimile signature of Captain George S. Anthony.
153 ● IRVING, WASHINGTON. The Rocky Mountains. 2 folding maps. 2 volumes.
12mo, publisher’s plain cloth, minor wear, with moderately worn original spine labels;
moderate foxing, repaired stub tears on maps; bookplates and inked stamps on front paste-
downs. 6, [6] pages of undated publisher’s ads in Volume I, with brief mention of Irving’s
Astoria on page 2. Philadelphia, 1837 [500/750]
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Irving edited and embellished the journals of American army offi-
cer Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville. “Explorations and fur-trade operations from Green
River to Salt Lake and Walla Walla, 1832-5, including the first account of the trapping
expeditions over the Sierras to California”—Howes I85 (“aa”). The maps are the first to
depict the Humboldt River in northern Nevada, and are the best of the Great Salt Lake region
from this period. BAL 10151 (variant B); Graff 2160; Sabin 35195; Wagner-Camp 67:3;
Wheat Transmississippi 423-424 and pages II:158-9.
151 ● (IOWA.) A pair of diaries by storekeeper and musician Whiting M.
Wetherell. [122], [122] manuscript pages. Tall 12mo, detached from worn original calf
covers; manuscript contents complete and readable.
Cedar County, IA, 1861, 1866 [250/350]
Whiting M. Wetherell (1836-1917) lived in Mechanicsville, Cedar County, IA, near Cedar
Rapids. This lot contains two of his diaries, complete for 1861 and 1866. The earlier diary
makes frequent reference to the war—the surrender of Sumter, the recruitment of volunteers, and
their departure by train. The author earned money on the side by playing violin at local events,
which he frequently mentions, including one topical song he added to his repertoire: “Learned
Dixie off sheet music” (23 March 1861). Wetherell later enlisted and served as an officer in
the 35th Iowa Regiment. Although he did not sign these diaries, he can be identified by the 2
September 1866 entry: “I am 30 years old today.” WITH—a largely blank 1863 diary con-
taining manuscript recipes, a memorandum book dated 1870 to 1929, an 1864 Book of
Psalms, and a group of 41 tintype and carte-de-visite photographs presumed to be of friends
and family members.
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