Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States. Philadelphia & New York: Bradford and Inskeep, 1812. 2 volumes. 8vo (218 x 132 mm). [2], 423; [4], 486 pp. Half-titles. Engraved frontispiece portrait in each volume, extra-illustrated with 4 engraved plates and early newspaper clippings to pastedowns and preliminary leaves. Period speckled calf expertly rebacked to style. Custom chemises and morocco backed slipcase. Leaves foxed, offset to titles. WITH: Autograph Letter Signed, 2 pp, 8vo, December 28, [1780?], to John Laurens bound at front of volume 2. WITH: Autograph Letter Signed, 2 pp, 8vo, Alexandria, October 14, 1796, to William Sullivan, bound at front of volume 2. Provenance: Edward Duffield Ingraham (notes on flyleaves and in margins of several leaves, his sale, lot 289); J.J. Petigru (ownership signature to pastedown of volume 1; purchased at the Ingraham sale); Jay T. Snider (note on final blank volume 2; bookplates to chemises; his sale, Christie's June 21, 2005, lot 88). FIRST EDITION, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED AND WITH 2 ALS'S FROM THE AUTHOR bound in. Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee was commander of the cavalry and infantry corps known as "Lee's Legion," which distinguished itself during the American Revolution in the Southern Theater. Fighting alongside General Nathanael Greene, Lee engaged in numerous skirmishes with Tarleton's "Tory Legion," made successful assaults on the British Forts Watson, Motte, and Granby and the town of Augusta, Georgia, and saved Greene from defeat at Eutaw Springs (ANB). Following the war, Lee entered the Virginia legislature, serving as a delegate to the Continental Congress, and later became governor of that state. (He is also remembered as the father of Robert E. Lee.) The first of the two letters bound in to the present copy dates from the war and is addressed to fellow officer John Laurens [1754-1782]. It reads, in part: "I have heard from a very respectable authority that the enemy are in tolerable force on James island: 600 men. Notwithstanding, I propose to move to Col. Washington's house, in the morning. As a junction of our troops may give rise to suspicion, which may prevent an attempt at a future day, should we be obliged to decline at present. I beg leave to propose that you move to a different position near mine till we finally determine...." Both Laurens and James Island figure into Lee's memoirs at multiple points. Howes L202; Sabin 39741.
Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States. Philadelphia & New York: Bradford and Inskeep, 1812. 2 volumes. 8vo (218 x 132 mm). [2], 423; [4], 486 pp. Half-titles. Engraved frontispiece portrait in each volume, extra-illustrated with 4 engraved plates and early newspaper clippings to pastedowns and preliminary leaves. Period speckled calf expertly rebacked to style. Custom chemises and morocco backed slipcase. Leaves foxed, offset to titles. WITH: Autograph Letter Signed, 2 pp, 8vo, December 28, [1780?], to John Laurens bound at front of volume 2. WITH: Autograph Letter Signed, 2 pp, 8vo, Alexandria, October 14, 1796, to William Sullivan, bound at front of volume 2. Provenance: Edward Duffield Ingraham (notes on flyleaves and in margins of several leaves, his sale, lot 289); J.J. Petigru (ownership signature to pastedown of volume 1; purchased at the Ingraham sale); Jay T. Snider (note on final blank volume 2; bookplates to chemises; his sale, Christie's June 21, 2005, lot 88). FIRST EDITION, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED AND WITH 2 ALS'S FROM THE AUTHOR bound in. Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee was commander of the cavalry and infantry corps known as "Lee's Legion," which distinguished itself during the American Revolution in the Southern Theater. Fighting alongside General Nathanael Greene, Lee engaged in numerous skirmishes with Tarleton's "Tory Legion," made successful assaults on the British Forts Watson, Motte, and Granby and the town of Augusta, Georgia, and saved Greene from defeat at Eutaw Springs (ANB). Following the war, Lee entered the Virginia legislature, serving as a delegate to the Continental Congress, and later became governor of that state. (He is also remembered as the father of Robert E. Lee.) The first of the two letters bound in to the present copy dates from the war and is addressed to fellow officer John Laurens [1754-1782]. It reads, in part: "I have heard from a very respectable authority that the enemy are in tolerable force on James island: 600 men. Notwithstanding, I propose to move to Col. Washington's house, in the morning. As a junction of our troops may give rise to suspicion, which may prevent an attempt at a future day, should we be obliged to decline at present. I beg leave to propose that you move to a different position near mine till we finally determine...." Both Laurens and James Island figure into Lee's memoirs at multiple points. Howes L202; Sabin 39741.
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