Letter to the Honorable Mr. Hawes, in reply to His Strictures on the Graduates of the Military Academy
by By a graduate, late an officer in the United States Army [Albert Gallatin Hawes]
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About This Item
New York: Wiley and Long, 1836. 30pp., stitched and gathered. Octavo self-titled wraps with stains, dust-soiling and small edge-losses to plain, unprinted rear wrap; about good. bjcb 352253
Signed in type at its conclusion as "Justitia" e.g., the author Albert Gallatin Hawes (1804-1849) who was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. This copy was owned by West Point cadet William Henry "Bill" Fowler, Jr. (1817-1901) -"U.S. Corps Cadet." According to family stories, Fowler, Jr. was the son of William Henry Fowler (1778-1865) and Rebecca Josephine ńee Kelsey Fowler Cook Grattan (1819-1971). Fowler, Jr. joined the Bartleson Party traveling to California and Oregon in 1841, later traveled with the Donner-Reed Party and was part of a third rescue attempt to help those survivors involved in the tragic events of the latter party's unenviable circumstances. He is buried in Dublin, California.
Imprints 38514. OCLC, 5 unique copies.
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- Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA) (US)
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- Title
- Letter to the Honorable Mr. Hawes, in reply to His Strictures on the Graduates of the Military Academy
- Author
- By a graduate, late an officer in the United States Army [Albert Gallatin Hawes]
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...