1832 Leather Books THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON By John Marshall, 2 - Vol Edition
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THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE AMERICAN FORCES, DURING THE WAR WHICH ESTABLISHED THE INDEPENDENCE OF HIS COUNTRY, AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMPILED UNDER THE INSPECTION OF THE HONOURABLE BUSHROD WASHINGTON, FROM ORIGINAL PAPERS BEQUEATHED TO HIM BY HIS DECEASED RELATIVE. BY JOHN MARSHALL. SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED BY THE AUTHOR. IN TWO VOLUMES. PHILADELPHIA: : PUBLISHED BY JAMES CRI...SSY1832
Publisher's full leather, black spine label titled "Marshall's Washington", marbled end papers.Two volumes, 9" tall Vol. 1: iv, 460, 42, viii p., [1] leaf of plates; Vol. 2: 448, 32, v, p.
The frontispiece is Washington's portrait, engraved by James Barton Longacrefrom the painting by Gilbert Stuart
Owner signature on the flyleaf of each volume: David S. G. Cabell [see below for biography] also bookplate in each volume: "Bequest Mildred K. Cabell to Robert E. Glover, 1902"
Second edition, complete text in two volumes. Lacking the atlas volume, but otherwise complete
Hinges and joints intact and strong, a little soiled, worn and spotted [some minimal repairs made with archival glue], contents foxed [age brownspotting] some old dampstain tidelines on a few pages, but still in quite good and serviceable condition
The frontispiece has a tissue guard and both it and the title page of Volume 1 have some offsetting from the engraving
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from wikipedia:
....Chief Justice John Marshall, an ardent Federalist from Virginia, greatly admired Washington, and between 1804 and 1807 published a highly detailed five-volume biography. It greatly shaped the scholarly image of Washington for the 19th century. Marshall's Life of Washington was based on records and papers also provided to him by the Washington family and reflected Marshall's Federalist principles. His revised and condensed two-volume Life of Washington was published in 1832. Historians have often praised its accuracy and well-reasoned judgments, while noting Marshall's frequent paraphrases of published sources such as William Gordon's 1801 history of the Revolution and the British Annual Register.....
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the following is from "The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy" by Alexander Brown:
David S. G. Cabell, born June 23, 1825; educated at Princeton, N. J., where he took the degree of A. B. ; studied law at the University of Virginia, 1852-1853 ; practiced law with his brother in Nelson, 1853-1859 ; entered the C. S. A. as a private in Company H, 49th Virginia Infantry; served through the war ; represented the counties of Nelson and Rockbridge in the state senate two sessions, 1865-1867 ; an instructor at the Norwood High School, 1871-1872 ; a contributor to many newspapers and magazines, much both of a political and literary character. He died unmarried, at the residence of his brother William, in Buckingham, in 1893, and is buried there.
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the following is from wikipedia:
The 49th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.
The 49th Virginia completed its organization in July 1861. Its members were from the counties of Prince William, Warren, Fauquier, Rappahannock, Amherst, and Shenandoah. Three companies fought at First Manassas and these companies formed the nucleus of the regiment. It was assigned to General Featherston's, Early's, W.Smith's, Pegram's, and J.A. Walker's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The unit participated in many battles from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, was active in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations, and took part in the final campaign at Appomattox.
It reported 40 casualties at First Manassas and in April, 1862, contained 539 effectives. The regiment lost fifty-three percent of the 424 at Seven Pines, had 2 killed and 36 wounded during the Seven Days' Battles, and suffered 5 killed and 73 wounded in the Maryland Campaign. At Fredericksburg 6 were killed and 46 wounded, at Gettysburg thirty-five percent of the 281 were disabled, and at The Wilderness and Spotsylvania 87 were lost. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered with 9 officers and 46 men.
The field officers were Colonels William "Extra Billy" Smith and Jonathan (John) Catlett Gibson, Lieutenant Colonels Edward Murray and Charles B. Christian, and Major Caleb Smith.
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Publisher's full leather, black spine label titled "Marshall's Washington", marbled end papers.Two volumes, 9" tall Vol. 1: iv, 460, 42, viii p., [1] leaf of plates; Vol. 2: 448, 32, v, p.
The frontispiece is Washington's portrait, engraved by James Barton Longacrefrom the painting by Gilbert Stuart
Owner signature on the flyleaf of each volume: David S. G. Cabell [see below for biography] also bookplate in each volume: "Bequest Mildred K. Cabell to Robert E. Glover, 1902"
Second edition, complete text in two volumes. Lacking the atlas volume, but otherwise complete
Hinges and joints intact and strong, a little soiled, worn and spotted [some minimal repairs made with archival glue], contents foxed [age brownspotting] some old dampstain tidelines on a few pages, but still in quite good and serviceable condition
The frontispiece has a tissue guard and both it and the title page of Volume 1 have some offsetting from the engraving
satisfaction guaranteed
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from wikipedia:
....Chief Justice John Marshall, an ardent Federalist from Virginia, greatly admired Washington, and between 1804 and 1807 published a highly detailed five-volume biography. It greatly shaped the scholarly image of Washington for the 19th century. Marshall's Life of Washington was based on records and papers also provided to him by the Washington family and reflected Marshall's Federalist principles. His revised and condensed two-volume Life of Washington was published in 1832. Historians have often praised its accuracy and well-reasoned judgments, while noting Marshall's frequent paraphrases of published sources such as William Gordon's 1801 history of the Revolution and the British Annual Register.....
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the following is from "The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy" by Alexander Brown:
David S. G. Cabell, born June 23, 1825; educated at Princeton, N. J., where he took the degree of A. B. ; studied law at the University of Virginia, 1852-1853 ; practiced law with his brother in Nelson, 1853-1859 ; entered the C. S. A. as a private in Company H, 49th Virginia Infantry; served through the war ; represented the counties of Nelson and Rockbridge in the state senate two sessions, 1865-1867 ; an instructor at the Norwood High School, 1871-1872 ; a contributor to many newspapers and magazines, much both of a political and literary character. He died unmarried, at the residence of his brother William, in Buckingham, in 1893, and is buried there.
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the following is from wikipedia:
The 49th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.
The 49th Virginia completed its organization in July 1861. Its members were from the counties of Prince William, Warren, Fauquier, Rappahannock, Amherst, and Shenandoah. Three companies fought at First Manassas and these companies formed the nucleus of the regiment. It was assigned to General Featherston's, Early's, W.Smith's, Pegram's, and J.A. Walker's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The unit participated in many battles from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, was active in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations, and took part in the final campaign at Appomattox.
It reported 40 casualties at First Manassas and in April, 1862, contained 539 effectives. The regiment lost fifty-three percent of the 424 at Seven Pines, had 2 killed and 36 wounded during the Seven Days' Battles, and suffered 5 killed and 73 wounded in the Maryland Campaign. At Fredericksburg 6 were killed and 46 wounded, at Gettysburg thirty-five percent of the 281 were disabled, and at The Wilderness and Spotsylvania 87 were lost. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered with 9 officers and 46 men.
The field officers were Colonels William "Extra Billy" Smith and Jonathan (John) Catlett Gibson, Lieutenant Colonels Edward Murray and Charles B. Christian, and Major Caleb Smith.
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