Item #46086 Memoir of Col. Alexander Biddle. Henry Carey Baird.

Memoir of Col. Alexander Biddle.

[Philadelphia]: n.p., 1899. 10 pp. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Repaired on front wrapper along fold, chipped, date stamped on front & rear wrappers, first leaf stamped in blind, marginal soiling to contents, gift plate from author on rear wrapper. Item #46086

Presentation copy. "Read before the American Philosophical Society, October 20, 1899." Institutional stamp on first leaf, gift slip tipped into rear wrapper, from Henry Carey Baird, March 14, 1900.

Alexander Williams Biddle (1819-1899), grandson Clement Biddle, was an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War, fighting in many important battles.

Price: $75.00

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