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The Trent Affair; Including a Review of English and American Relations at the Beginning of the Civil War

1896réf. 2305700Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1896. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Early 20th Century reissue Bowen-Merrill became Bobbs-Merrill in 1903. No jacket. Minor general wear. 1896 Hard Cover. 288 pp. "The Trent Affair was a diplomatic incident in 1861 during the American Civil War that threatened a war between the United States and the United Kingdom. The U.S. Navy illegally captured two Confederate diplomats from a British ship; the UK protested vigorously. The United States ended the incident by releasing the diplomats. On November 8 1861 the USS San Jacinto commanded by Union Captain Charles Wilkes intercepted the British mail packet RMS Trent and removed as contraband of war two Confederate diplomats: James Murray Mason and John Slidell. The envoys were bound for Britain and France to press the Confederacy's case for diplomatic recognition and to lobby for possible financial and military support. Public reaction in the United States was to celebrate the capture and rally against Britain threatening war. In the Confederate States the hope was that the incident would lead to a permanent rupture in Anglo-American relations and possibly even war or at least diplomatic recognition by Britain. Confederates realized their independence potentially depended on intervention by Britain and France. In Britain the public disapproved of this violation of neutral rights and insult to their national honor. The British government demanded an apology and the release of the prisoners and took steps to strengthen its military forces in Canada and the Atlantic. President Abraham Lincoln and his top advisors did not want to risk war with Britain over this issue. After several tense weeks the crisis was resolved when the Lincoln administration released the envoys and disavowed Captain Wilkes's actions though without a formal apology. Mason and Slidell resumed their voyage to Britain but failed in their goal of achieving diplomatic recognition."--Wikipedia The Bobbs-Merrill Company hardcover books

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Harris, Thomas L; Woodburn, James AABAA

The Trent Affair; Including a Review of English and American Relations at the Beginning of the Civil War

1896réf. 2306289Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company 1896. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Rebacked with original backstrip laid down new end sheets. Spot on page ridge. 1896 Hard Cover. 288 pp. "The Trent Affair was a diplomatic incident in 1861 during the American Civil War that threatened a war between the United States and the United Kingdom. The U.S. Navy illegally captured two Confederate diplomats from a British ship; the UK protested vigorously. The United States ended the incident by releasing the diplomats. On November 8 1861 the USS San Jacinto commanded by Union Captain Charles Wilkes intercepted the British mail packet RMS Trent and removed as contraband of war two Confederate diplomats: James Murray Mason and John Slidell. The envoys were bound for Britain and France to press the Confederacy's case for diplomatic recognition and to lobby for possible financial and military support. Public reaction in the United States was to celebrate the capture and rally against Britain threatening war. In the Confederate States the hope was that the incident would lead to a permanent rupture in Anglo-American relations and possibly even war or at least diplomatic recognition by Britain. Confederates realized their independence potentially depended on intervention by Britain and France. In Britain the public disapproved of this violation of neutral rights and insult to their national honor. The British government demanded an apology and the release of the prisoners and took steps to strengthen its military forces in Canada and the Atlantic. President Abraham Lincoln and his top advisors did not want to risk war with Britain over this issue. After several tense weeks the crisis was resolved when the Lincoln administration released the envoys and disavowed Captain Wilkes's actions though without a formal apology. Mason and Slidell resumed their voyage to Britain but failed in their goal of achieving diplomatic recognition. The Bowen-Merrill Company hardcover books

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McKenney, Thomas L; James HallABAA

History of the Indian Tribes of North America with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War at Washington COMPLETE IN 2 VOLUMES

1978réf. 52557Kent: Volair Limited 1978. First edition thus. Quarto. xxviii470pp. 5345pp. Finely gold-tooled leather in original brown cloth slipcase. All gilt edges. Raised bands. Ribbon marker. Silk-moire endpapers. Color frontispiece in Vol. I. Stunningly illustrated work by T. L. McKenney on American Indian Chiefs. Thomas Lorraine McKenney 1785 - 1859 was a United States official who served as Superintendent of Indian Trade and later as Head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In the mid 1820's he went West to observe Indian tribes attempting to collect artifacts & portraits of notable native Americans. After this endeavor proved somewhat disappointing he commissioned Charles Bird King 1785 - 1862 to paint portraits of visiting Indian delegates in his Washington studio. The portraits were published in lithograph form in folio format in 1836 - 1844 accompanied with essays & biographies by James Hall 1793 - 1868. Hall was a popular author of Western topics. The spectacular lithographic plates are reproduced in this publication in smaller format. The majority of paintings were done by King some by Peter Rindisbacher 1806 - 1834 as well as some other artists. "For this edition by Volair which makes use of modern reproduction technology the beast features of the folio and octavo editions are combined. The portraits come from an original folio edition published by Frederich W. Greenough 1838-44. A remarkable feature of these portraits is that they include six by the renowned English lithographer Charles Hullmandel. Normally found only in the uncompleted European edition by Campbell these extremely rare lithographs are as follows: War Dance of the Sauks and Foxes Vol. I frontispiece Red Jacket Vol. I pg. 7 Mohongo Vol. I pg. 27 Shingaba W'Ossin Vol. I pg. 151 Pushmataha Vol. I pg. 183 and Kish-Kallo-Wa Vol. I pg. 449.The text of the Volair edition comes from the first octavo edition published by the lithographer J. T. Bowen 1848-50. For some reason Bowen rearranged the sequence of the portraits and biographical sketches. The Volair edition necessarily follows the revised arrangement; the only difference is that it is bound into two volumes instead of three." Minor fraying on slipcase which remains very sound. Books in fine condition as new. Elaborate publication in a stunning binding. Volair Limited unknown books

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McKenney, Thomas L, and James Hall:ABAA

HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND ANECDOTES OF THE PRINCIPAL CHIEFS.

1837réf. 68710Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle and Rice & Clark 1837/42/44. The Folio Edition of McKenney & Hall "One of the most costly and important works ever published on the American Indians" Field "a landmark in American culture" Horan and an invaluable contemporary record of a vanished way of life including some of the greatest American handcolored lithographs of the 19th century. After six years as superintendent of Indian Trade Thomas McKenney had become concerned for the survival of the Western tribes. He had observed unscrupulous individuals taking advantage of the American Indian for profit and his vocal warnings about their future prompted his appointment by President Monroe to the Office of Indian Affairs. As first director McKenney was to improve the administration of Indian programs in various government offices. His first trip was during the summer of 1826 to the Lake Superior area for a treaty with the Chippewa opening mineral rights on their land. In 1827 he journeyed west again for a treaty with the Chippewa Menominee and Winebago in the present state of Michigan. His journeys provided an unparalleled opportunity to become acquainted with American Indian tribes. When President Jackson dismissed him from his government post in 1829 McKenney was able to turn more of his attention to his publishing project. Within a few years he was joined by James Hall the Illinois journalist lawyer state treasurer and from 1833 a Cincinnati banker who had written extensively about the West. Both authors not unlike George Catlin whom they tried to enlist in their publishing enterprise saw their book as a way of preserving an accurate visual record of a rapidly disappearing culture. The text which was written by Hall based on information supplied by McKenney takes the form of a series of biographies of leading figures amongst the Indian nations followed by a general history of the North American Indians. The work is now famous for its color plate portraits of the chiefs warriors and squaws of the various tribes faithful copies of original oils by Charles Bird King painted from life in his studio in Washington McKenney commissioned him to record the visiting Indian delegates or worked up by King from the watercolors of the young frontier artist James Otto Lewis. All but four of the original paintings were destroyed in the disastrous Smithsonian fire of 1865 so their appearance in this work preserves what is probably the best likeness of many of the most prominent Indian leaders of the early 19th century. Numbered among King's sitters were Sequoyah Red Jacket Major Ridge Cornplanter and Osceola. This was the most elaborate plate book produced in the United States to date and its publishing history is extremely complex complicated by the work being issued serially in parts by multiple publishers who reissued title pages of previously published parts. BAL ascribes issues to the title pages as follows though this is an indication of the title only and not the text or plates: volume I first issue was by Edward C. Biddle and is dated 1836 or more usually 1837; the second issue Frederick W. Greenough with the date 1838; and the third issue is by Daniel Rice & James G. Clark dated 1842. Volume II first issue is by Frederick W. Greenough and dated 1838 and the second issue is by Rice & Clark and dated 1842. Volume III first issue is by Daniel Rice & James G. Clark and dated 1844 Large folio. Contemporary three-quarter pebbled cloth and brown morocco spine gilt rebacked with the original spine laid down. Spine and corners expertly restored. Scattered foxing minor offsetting from plates scattered minor dampstaing at the lower margin of a few leaves minor damage at fore-edge of the plate facing page 19 in vol. II. A very good set. HOWES M129. BAL 6934. BENNETT p.79. SABIN 43410a. FIELD 992. REESE BEST OF THE WEST 68. hardcover books

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