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1849 · réf. 373676 — Washington: C. Alexander Printer 1849. Softcover. Very Good. Revised edition with printed order from W.L. Marcy indicating that fact. Small octavo. 38 10 blank pp. Quarter black calf with marbled paper over flexible boards. Signature of Andrew Jackson Coffee on front board and then repeated twice once as a Major and again as a Lt. Colonel in both cases noting he was a paymaster on the titlepage. Ink blots on front board endpapers with ink calculations on one blank is a list of his expenses of a trip Charleston to Savannah to Tampa Bay to Fort Myers to New Orleans. Coffee was the great nephew of Andrew Jackson and was forced to resign from West Point for demerits in 1836. After resigning he became an engineer and paymaster in the Army and went on to serve as aide-de-camp for Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War where his actions the Battle of Buena Vista in 1847 precipitated his promotion to Lt. Colonel. Taylor chose Coffee to report to President James K. Polk about the battle. Afterwards he was an Army surveyor in California. A pleasing copy with an interesting association. OCLC locates a single copy of this book at West Point. C. Alexander, Printer unknown