1856 American Revolution Elkanah Watson Memoirs Slavery

1856 American Revolution Elkanah Watson Memoirs Slavery Catawba Indians Quakers

Elkanah Watson's son edited the journals and memoirs of his father traveling through America during the revolution piecing together his life. Watson travelled through most of the American colonies in 1777 and gave a long account of his experiences. In 1785, after traveling in Europe, he returned to America, where he wrote of his many adventures in upstate New York. This edition contains memoirs and letters on:

Watson’s Childhood

Premonition of the Revolution

Slavery

Arrival in England

Food in France

Visit to Tomb of Rousseau

Letters of John Adams

The Royal Hunt

Dutch Villas

George Washington

Visit to the Catawba Indians

Quaker settlement

Indian Languages

Jewish harp Music

War of 1812

Letters with Jefferson, Maddison, and Adams.

Watson’s Illness and Death.

And much more!

This 1856 edition contains 21 full-page woodcut engravings throughout by Benson Lossing!

Item number: #8794

Price: $399

WATSON, Elkanah

Men and times of the revolution; or, Memoirs of Elkanah Watson, including journals of travels in Europe and America, from 1777 to 1842, with his correspondence with public men and reminiscences and incidents of the revolution.

New York, Dana and Company, Publishers, 1856.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

557, [7]

21 full-page woodcuts

References: Howes W167. Sabin 102133

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure

Size: ~7.5in X 5.5in (19cm x 14cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent.