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(Confederate Material) - Baird, Captain Edward R. - Aide-de-Camp of General George Pickett - File of letters, documents, signed books & c - incl. letters addressed to Baird during the period of the Civil War (1860-1865), primarily initimate personal & family material (about 120 pieces.) * Post War letters & Documents (several 100s). * 10 vols. Wesley, John. Works. Phila., 1826. 1st Amer. ed. 8vo, contemp. tree calf; often rubbed. Portrait. Some internal foxing & dampstaining. Signed at head of contents p. & other front matter leaves by Edward Rouges. * Dufief, N.G. A Universal, Pronouncing, and Critical French-English Dictionary. L., 1833. 8vo, contemp. sheep; rubbed. Shaken. With signature of Edward R. Baird. * Carleton, William. Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry. L., 1854. vol. 1 only. 8vo, orig. cloth; some wear. Presentation copy to E.R. Baird from his father. * 4 vols. Longacre, J.B., et al. The National Portrait Gallery. Phila., 1834-39. 4to, orig. straight grained red morocco, gilt; some staining. Plates. Some internal dampstaining. Ownership signatures of E.R. Baird. (Pere). * 3 vols. Euripid's Tragoedial. Lipzig, 1841. 12mo, orig. bds; worn. Greek text [Captain] E.R. Baird's set - signed on endpapers. * 14 vols. Shakespeare, William. The Plays & Poems. L., 1853. Vols 1-4, 6-15 (of 15). 12mo, contemp. 1/2 calf & marbled bds. Plates. [Captain] E.R. Baird's set 0 signed & dated, 1855 on front blank.