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Lot 21
Sale 3721 - A Fine Collection of American Literature and History
Jun 8, 2023
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Live / Philadelphia
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[Americana] (Hamilton, Alexander) Particulars of the Late Duel, Fought at Hoboken, July 11, Between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton...
New-York: Printed by A. Forman, 1804. First edition. 8vo. 32 pp. Three-quarter red morocco over red cloth-covered boards, stamped in gilt, spine slightly faded; all edges trimmed; marbled endpapers; scattered foxing to text. Ford 103; Howes B-1010; Sabin 29990
A scarce first edition of an account of the infamous Burr-Hamilton duel, containing the correspondence between the two men in the lead up to that fateful evening.