A Journal, of a Young Man of Massachusetts, Late a Surgeon on Board an American Privateer
Boston: Rowe and Hooper, 1816. Hardcover. Title continued: "who was captured at sea by the British, in May, eighteen hundred and thirteen, and was confined first, at Melville island, Halifax, then at Chatham, in England, and last, at Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed with observations, anecdotes and remarks, tending to illustrate the moral and political characters of three nations." 228 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf; black leather spine label with gilt-tooled title "Journal." First Edition. Wright, U.S.iana, W155. Stamped on both fixed endpapers and several other pages: "Donated to Historical Society of Montgomery County, Penna. by Dr. W. H. Reed." The former owner, Willoughby H. Reed (1856-1939), was a doctor, pharmacist, and local historian who lived in Norristown, Pa. In Poor Condition: lacking front free endpaper, frontispiece, and pp. 9-12; tear from fore-edge of pp. 59-60 with minor loss of text from p. 60; numerous small closed tears, most from lower edge near gutter; old dampstaining and soiling. Poor. Item #006213
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