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A Fine Collection of American Literature and History
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- Sale 3721
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Jun 8 | 7:00 AM EDT
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Sale 3721
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Estimate$300 – $500
Boston: I(saiah). Thomas and E.T. Andrews, Aug., 1798. First edition. 8vo. vi, 388 pp. Contemporary full tree calf, red morocco spine label, front and rear joints starting; book-plate of "St. James' Church, Greenfield" on front paste-down; contemporary ownership signatures on front free endpaper; scattered foxing and offsetting to text; top margin of pp. 85-86 excised, affecting running title. Evans 33865; Howes H-381; Sabin 31192
"A work of equal interest and authority; now scarce." (Sabin). William Heath (1737-1814) was a Massachusetts farmer who served in the Continental Army during the Revolution, eventually attaining the rank of Major General, and also served as a member of the Massachusetts State Convention which ratified the Federal Constitution in 1788.
![[American Revolution] Heath, William Memoirs of Major-General Heath. Containing Anecdotes, Details of Skirmishes, Battles, and other Military Events, During the American War...](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/37517a38-a9f3-464f-a103-25ad03ecb610?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)
![[American Revolution] Heath, William Memoirs of Major-General Heath. Containing Anecdotes, Details of Skirmishes, Battles, and other Military Events, During the American War...](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/e6113427-0fcd-4880-a523-cb6084ecd4a0?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)