The Ancestry of General Grant, and Their Contemporaries
Edward Chauncey Marshall. The Ancestry of General Grant, and Their Contemporaries. New York: Sheldon & Company, 1869. First edition.
Octavo. 186pp (indexed). Publisher’s terra cotta cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, endleaves in brown.
From the preface: "The author has had two objects in view in the preparation of this work; first, to give an account of the ancient sources of the family of General Grant; and secondly, to illustrate, in some degree, the early history of the town of Windsor, and of the families whose pioneer ancestors assisted in founding the colony of Connecticut. Those ancestors were fellow townsmen with General Grant's, two hundred years ago, in the wilderness, surrounded by the savage foe, and they lie, now, with his in the same old graveyard. It is natural, therefore, that their descendants should feel a personal interest in him whom the fortunes of war and his own skill in arms have justly made so distinguished."
Rubbed and soiled to boards; moderate toning throughout; occasional edge tears. Very good. TKC-862. Item #862Price: $150.00