small quarto, 22 pages, plus blanks with a child's drawings, a number of leaves excised at rear, bound in contemporary sheep back-strip and marbled boards, binding worn, rubbed and scuffed, somewhat shaken, otherwise good. more >
small folio, 48 pages (includes 35 pages concerning the Provident Society of Philadelphia, 8 pages of writing not pertaining to the Provident Society such as later penmanship exercises, later receipts, etc, and 5 blank pages), contemporary quarter leather and marbled boards with… more >
Dramatic eyewitness account of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn’s early morning surprise attack on Holly Springs, Mississippi, the resulting capture by the narrator, a cotton buyer from Rhode Island, and the destruction at the Union supply hub