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The Autobiography of Archibald Hamilton Rowan.
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton; Drummond, William H. (editor); McDowell, R. B. (introduction).
Language: English
Published by Irish University Press, Shannon, Ireland, 1973
- Hardcover
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Facsimile ed. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), foldout chart, page edges foxed, jacket 90% complete (edge pieces missing bottom edge, edgewear, creased), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. 475 pp. The memoir of Archibald Hamilton Rowan, an Anglo-Irishman who was a staunch de…fender of Ireland - and who participated in the 1798 rebellion. Originally published in 1840: this facsimile edition, is copyright 1972. It was written in exile in the young United States republic, and was posthumously edited by William Drummond. It is a lively, personal narrative, revealing the serious but frivolous life of a political Irishman of property in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Introduction by R. B. McDowell.
