<p>Special order of the colonel commanding the African Brigade authorizing new recruiting efforts in Louisiana for Bryant's 1st Mississippi Regt. of African Descent. "<i>Major J. E. Bryant of the 1st Reg Miss. Infantry of African descent is hereby ordered to proceed to Grand Gulf Haines' Bluff or any other locality in front where he may deem it prudent to recruit for his Regiment…</i>". Shepard allows eight white soldiers from Sherman's Corps to be enlisted as Lieutenants.</p> <b>ISAAC SHEPHARD.</b>Autograph Manuscript Signed. Milliken's Bend Louisiana May 25 1863. 1 p.<p><b>Complete Transcript</b></p><p> <i> HeadQuarters African Brigade</i></p><p><i> Milliken's Bend La. May 25 1863.</i></p><p><i>Special Order</i></p><p><i> I. and all officers are requested to furnish him proper facilities for feeding and transporting recruits. </i></p><p><i> II 2d Lt. Geo. White of the same Regiment is ordered on the same duty to act under Maj. Bryant's dictation.</i></p><p><i>III. Maj. Bryant is hereby authorized to enlist eight soldiers from Maj. Gen. Sherman's Corps as Lieutenants; and any person not exceeding that number whom he may give written authority to shall be recommended to the Adjutant General of the Army for appointment.</i></p><p><i>Isaac I. Shepard. / Colonel Cdng African Brigade.</i></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>Born in Natick Massachusetts <b>Isaac Shepard</b> was a well-known abolitionist in the years preceding the Civil War. At the time he wrote this letter Shepard was colonel of the 51st USCT but he was soon promoted to brigadier general for his untiring efforts in recruiting arming and equipping numerous black regiments consisting of runaway slaves and contrabands. <br /></p><p><b>Julian Bryant</b> d. 1865 nephew of William Cullen Bryant enlisted in the 33rd Illinois Regiment served in the Missouri-Arkansas theater then in Sherman's Corps in the Vicksburg campaign. He was promoted to major of the newly organized 1st Mississippi Infantry African Descent in time to fight at Milliken's Bend on June 7 1863 which Gen. Ulysses Grant called "the first important engagement in which colored troops were under fire." Bryant participated in the campaign to allow colored units equal responsibilities including combat with regular white units. He achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel in command of the 51st U.S. Colored Troops in March 1864. In September he was named colonel of the 46th U.S. Colored Troops. On May 14 1865 shortly after being reassigned to Brazos Santiago Texas Bryant drowned while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico.</p> books
Chicago: Church and Goodman 1866. 1st . Hard Back. G-vg/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. brown cloth 239 pp wear to corners ow vg <br/> <br/> Church and Goodman hardcover
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Doubleday New York 1978. First Edition. Hardcover in Slipcase. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Raphael Soyer. ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER. A Young Man in Search of Love New York: Doubleday 1978. Octavo No. 176 of an edition of 300 pp. iv 177 blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine slipcased illustrated by Raphael Soyer with a signed Soyer print laid in signed on the limitation page by Singer. A novel set in pre-war Poland. Condition of this book: Spine sunned else fine. Special Limited Edition first issue in this format. Size: Octavo standard book size. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Raphael Soyer. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Poland; 1970s; Art & Design. ISBN: 0385123574. ISBN/EAN: 9780385123570. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54644. . 9780385123570 Doubleday hardcover
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Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co 1981. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. The 1981 signed/limited. #367 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY ISAAC SINGER AT THE LIMITATION AND INCLUDING A LAID-IN CORRESPONDING COLOR PRINT SIGNED BY RAPHAEL SOYER. Clean and Near Fine in its wine-red cloth and including a bright Near Fine example of the publisher's printed slipcase. Octavo 259 pgs. Signed by Authors. Doubleday & Co unknown
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 273 pages. Farrar Straus & Giroux hardcover
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Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co 1981. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. The 1981 signed/limited. #367 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY ISAAC SINGER AT THE LIMITATION AND INCLUDING A LAID-IN CORRESPONDING COLOR PRINT SIGNED BY RAPHAEL SOYER. Clean and Near Fine in its wine-red cloth and including a bright Near Fine example of the publisher's printed slipcase. Octavo 259 pgs. Signed by Authors. <br/><br/> Doubleday & Co hardcover books
1847. Steel-engraving with original hand-colouring. 240mm by 370mm platemark. A detailed engraved map of the English county with title scale and key. Decorated with an uncoloured engraved view of 'St George's Chapel Windsor'. <br /> Published by I. Slater Fleet Street London & Fountain St. Manchester. unknown
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1847. Steel-engraving with original hand-colouring. 370mm by 240mm platemark. A detailed engraved map of the English county with title scale and key. Decorated with an uncoloured engraved view of 'Carlisle Cathedral'. <br /> Published by I. Slater Fleet Street London & Fountain St. Manchester. unknown
1847. Steel-engraving with original hand-colouring. 370mm by 240mm platemark. A detailed engraved map of the English county with title scale and key. Decorated with an uncoloured engraved view of 'Ashborn Church'. <br /> Published by I. Slater Fleet Street London & Fountain St. Manchester. unknown
1847. Steel-engraving with original hand-colouring. 240mm by 370mm platemark. A detailed engraved map of the English county with title scale and key. Decorated with an uncoloured engraved view of 'Durham Cathedral'. <br /> Published by I. Slater Fleet Street London & Fountain St. Manchester. unknown
1847. Steel-engraving with original hand-colouring. 370mm by 240mm platemark. A detailed engraved map of the English county with title scale and key. Decorated with an uncoloured engraved view of 'Hereford Cathedral'. <br /> Published by I. Slater Fleet Street London & Fountain St. Manchester. unknown
1847. Steel-engraving with original hand-colouring. 370mm by 240mm platemark. A detailed engraved map of the English county with title scale and key. Decorated with an uncoloured engraved view'. <br /> Published by I. Slater Fleet Street London & Fountain St. Manchester. unknown
1847. Steel-engraving with original hand-colouring. 370mm by 240mm platemark. A detailed engraved map of the English county with title scale and key. Decorated with an uncoloured engraved view of 'Godmanchester Church'. <br /> Published by I. Slater Fleet Street London & Fountain St. Manchester. unknown
1847. Steel-engraving with original hand-colouring. 370mm by 240mm platemark. A detailed engraved map of the English county with title scale and key. Decorated with an uncoloured engraved view of 'Chepstow Church'. <br /> Published by I. Slater Fleet Street London & Fountain St. Manchester. unknown
1847. Steel-engraving with original hand-colouring. 370mm by 240mm platemark. A detailed engraved map of the English county with title scale and key. Decorated with an uncoloured engraved view of 'Peterborough Cathedral'. <br /> Published by I. Slater Fleet Street London & Fountain St. Manchester. unknown
1847. Steel-engraving with original hand-colouring. 370mm by 240mm platemark. A detailed engraved map of the English county with title scale and key. Decorated with an uncoloured engraved view of 'St Mary's Church Nottingham'. <br /> Published by I. Slater Fleet Street London & Fountain St. Manchester. unknown
London: Isaac Slater 1868. Leather. Very Good. 10" by 6.5". Not Stated. An scarce and extensive topographical work of reference for numerous counties in England and Wales including several folding maps in colour. An interesting and extremely extensive topographical work for the counties of Gloucester Hereford Monmouth Shropshire the city of Chester and North and South Wales. This dictionary includes lists of gentry and nobility clergy merchants bankers professionals manufacturers and traders. Including historical sketches of each city town and village. Also including an alphabetical directory for the city of Bristol and an account of transportation by various modes boat rail road etc. Written and published by Isaac Slater a publisher of numerous trade directories and topographical dictionaries. Including five folding maps in colour collated and complete.Including one hundred and thirty-two pages of advertisements to the rear. A scarce work. In full diced calf binding. Rebacked with the original calf laid down to the spine and boards. Externally sound with some light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. A few small cracks to the spine label. Internally firmly bound with refreshed endpapers. A small tidemark to the frontispiece map and some handling marks to the pages which are otherwise generally bright and clean throughout. Very Good Isaac Slater hardcover
Paperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Scotland is an unchanged high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1882. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science travel and exp paperback
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1847. Steel-engraving with original hand-colouring. 240mm by 370mm platemark. A detailed engraved map of the English county with title scale and key. Decorated with an uncoloured engraved view of 'Kendal Church'. <br /> Published by I. Slater Fleet Street London & Fountain St. Manchester. unknown
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