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LEE, Henry (1756-1818). Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep; New York: Inskeep and Bradford, 1812.
2 volumes, 8o (218 x 132 mm). Portrait frontispiece in each volume, and extra-illustrated with manuscript and printed material at beginning and end of each volume: two ALsS, and newspaper clippings pasted to endpapers, described below. (Some foxing.) Early 19th-century calf (rebacked preserving original spines). Provenance: Edward Duffield Ingraham (notes on flyleaves and in several margins, his sale lot 289); J.J. Petigru (signature on pastedown, purchased at the Ingraham sale).
FIRST EDITION, FINELY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED. Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee was among the best American cavalry soldiers, serving brilliantly in the southern campaigns of the Revolution. As primary cavalry commander under Gen. Nathanael Greene he played a vital role in the military campaigns in the Carolinas and Virginia, including the final Yorktown Campaign. Lee resigned his commission in 1781, certain the war was over, and before long turned to politics, serving as governor of Virginia from 1792 to 1795. His later career was marred by his financial recklessness. While imprisoned in 1808-09 for debt, he wrote these memoirs, mainly to pay off creditors. They are an important primary source for the history of the Revolution in the South. American Imprints 25939; Howes L-202; Sabin 39741.
Edward Duffield Ingraham, an early American book collector, added the manuscript material to this copy. Ingraham was one of the first to assemble an important collection of Americana, mainly collecting in the 1830s and 1840s. Two fine ALsS are bound in, as follows:
[Bound in:]
LEE, Henry. Autograph letter signed, n.p., 28 December [1780?], to John Laurens (1754-1782), 2 pages, 8o . A hastily written war-action letter: "I have heard from a very respectable authority that the enemy are in tolerable force on James island: 600 men. Notwithstanding, I propose to move to Col. Washington's house [William Washington of Virginia], in the morning. As a junction of our troops may give rise to suspicion, which may prevent an attempt at a future day, should we be obliged to decline at present, I beg leave to propose that you move to a different position near mine till we finally determine--I have a letr. from the General-20 November St. Clair was at Camden the 24th. Wayne [Anthony Wayne] arrived in camp yesterday. I shall try to know more about James island." WAR-DATE LETTERS OF "LIGHT-HORSE HARRY" LEE ARE RARE.
LEE, Henry. Autograph letter signed, to William Sullivan in Richmond; Alexandria, 14 October 1796. 2 pages, 8o . "It gave me great pleasure to facilitate your return by every accommodation on my part & I assure you no trivial sacrifice of my own care or plans would obstruct my disposition to prove to you the sincerity of this declaration. But I fear it will be unpracticable for me to reach Richmond sooner than the 24th..." (2)
2 volumes, 8
FIRST EDITION, FINELY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED. Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee was among the best American cavalry soldiers, serving brilliantly in the southern campaigns of the Revolution. As primary cavalry commander under Gen. Nathanael Greene he played a vital role in the military campaigns in the Carolinas and Virginia, including the final Yorktown Campaign. Lee resigned his commission in 1781, certain the war was over, and before long turned to politics, serving as governor of Virginia from 1792 to 1795. His later career was marred by his financial recklessness. While imprisoned in 1808-09 for debt, he wrote these memoirs, mainly to pay off creditors. They are an important primary source for the history of the Revolution in the South. American Imprints 25939; Howes L-202; Sabin 39741.
Edward Duffield Ingraham, an early American book collector, added the manuscript material to this copy. Ingraham was one of the first to assemble an important collection of Americana, mainly collecting in the 1830s and 1840s. Two fine ALsS are bound in, as follows:
[Bound in:]
LEE, Henry. Autograph letter signed, n.p., 28 December [1780?], to John Laurens (1754-1782), 2 pages, 8
LEE, Henry. Autograph letter signed, to William Sullivan in Richmond; Alexandria, 14 October 1796. 2 pages, 8