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A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE CAPT. MICHAEL CRESAP.

1826réf. 63685Cumberland MD: Printed for the Author by J.M. Buchanan 1826. In Defense of Captain Cresap First edition of this biography of Captain Cresap defending him against charges that he slaughtered Indians before the beginning of the Revolutionary War. In particular Cresap became infamous in the case of the Indian Logan and the murder of his defenseless family in 1774. "This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in Notes on Virginia.The immediate occasion for this now rare book written by the revolutionary officer later clergyman who had married Cresap's widow was the reopening of old sores by Joseph Doddridge in his then recently published Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia & Pennsylvania from the Year 1763 until the Year 1783 Inclusive of 1824. The defense is complete and the biography is of absorbing interest" - Streeter. Each copy of this edition we have handled features largely identical contemporary manuscript annotations and corrections to the text suggesting that they are made in the hand of the author or publisher. The Streeter copy was bought by Sessler for $650 in 1968. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter roan over marbled boards spine gilt. Covers worn top outer corner abraded. 19th-century ownership inscription on front pastedown 19th-century gift inscription and authorship attribution on titlepage 19th-century inscription on rear pastedown. Top outer edge of text block abraded affecting only page numbers of first ten leaves. A few contemporary manuscript annotations in the text. Minor age-toning and a few minor dampstains. A decent copy. In a half morocco box. HOWES J32 "b." SABIN 35488. STREETER SALE 1335. FIELD 769. THOMSON 640. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 24967. DAB IV p.538 Cresap. hardcover

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