OBSERVATIONS ON THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON WITH PARTICULAR EFERENCE TO THE ATTACK THEY CONTAIN ON THE MEMORY OF THE LATE GEN. HENRY LEE. IN A SERIES OF LETTERS...

by Henry Lee

Philadelphia, J. Dobson; Thomas, Cowperthwait; Carey & Hart. 1839. 2nd Edition. 262pp. Complete. Faded green, blind-stamped cloth boards. Gilt print on spine. Binding solid, light edgewear to spine & corner tips; 1" & 1/4" split on rear spine edge, not joint. Small stain to lower back corner. "Fallsington Library No. 882" handwritten w. fountain pen on pastedown; else unmarked, clean, tight. Light spotting throughout. Scarce. 1832 edition suppressed, most copies destroyed. Howes L-205. Author Henry Lee born 1797, aka "Black-Horse Harry" or "Black Harry"; Son of Revolution General Henry Lee (Light Horse Harry); half-brother General Robert E. Lee. Major in war of 1812. Retired from army, married. 1824 wrote Campaigns of 1782 in the Carolinas...to defend fathers name from assault in Judge William Johnson's Life of General Greene. Writings include speeches for John C Calhoun and Andrew Jackson. This book defends fathers name from Jefferson's writings.

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First published September 12, 2013