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Estimate$600 – $900
Scarce Contemporary Account of the Whiskey Rebellion
Findley, William
History of the Insurrection, in the Four Western Counties of Pennsylvania: In the Year MDCCXCIV...
Philadelphia: Printed by Samuel Harrison Smith, 1796. First edition. 8vo. 328 pp. Contemporary mottled brown calf, rebacked, red morocco spine label, stamped in gilt, extremities and boards rubbed, corners worn; all edges trimmed; contemporary ownership signature of William Jones at head of title-page, dampstaining in upper gutter of same, extending to pp. viii/ix; light to moderate foxing to text, scattered heavier foxing toward rear; scattered offsetting. Howes F-133; Sabin 24360; Evans 30419; ESTC W20462; Reese, The Federal Hundred 58
A scarce first edition of this contemporary account of the Whiskey Rebellion.
Private Collection, Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania
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