A Cycle of Adams Letters 1861-1865: [In Two Volumes]

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1920

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First edition. Two volume set. Octavos. 298pp., 281pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Gray papercovered boards, gilt-stamped blue cloth spines. Owner's name penned on front flies of both volumes, school reference stamp and Milton Offutt's decorative bookplate on pastedown in volume one only, spine and edges a bit worn, corners bumped, very good lacking the dustwrappers. Milton Offutt was a professor at Johns Hopkins University and the author of *The Protection of Citizens Abroad by the Armed Forces of the United States* published in 1928. A selection of letters between Charles Francis Adams, Sr. and his son Henry, who are on diplomatic post in London during the American Civil War, and Charles Francis Adams, Jr., a union cavalry officer back in the states. The senior Adams is the son of President John Quincy and grandson of President John Adams.

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Title
A Cycle of Adams Letters 1861-1865: [In Two Volumes]
Author
FORD, Worthington Chauncey, edited by
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Publication year
1920
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition

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