The General Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Relating to the Militia, Passed by the Legislature of 1859, and Approved by His Excellency N.P. Banks, Dec. 28, 1859

(MILITIA -- MASSACHUSETTS)

Verlag: William White, Boston, 1860

Beschreibung

Small 4to. Original blind-embossed brown cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial stamping, black cloth tape spine. 46pp. Good only. Boards edgeworn, though front board gilt strong and bright; modern library cloth tape spine rather homespun; inner hinges delicate but holding; small hand-lettered paper shelf label at lower left of front board. Decently tight and handleable copy of this state's militia laws on the eve of the Civil War. Ownership signature (in ink) on title page and same on front pastedown (in pencil) of Major T.D.L. Perkins, who twice adds "Commander of / Co. D 2d Regt Infantry / Roxbury City Guards / Jan 1st 1860." The Second Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was apparently formed around the date of Perkins' inscription, although sources usually cite the mustering in date of 18 May 1861, after which the inductees trained in West Roxbury on what was the site of Brook Farm (the famed Transcendentalist utopian community). Little is known about Major Perkins except that by May 26, 1861, when the regiment was activated, he had been transferred to commander of Company C of the First Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Mild ex-library, the only mark being the 19th century front pastedown bookplate of the Carnegie-Stout Free Library of Dubuque, Iowa, with small hand-lettered plate below noting it was a gift from the Daughters of the American Revolution. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 49786

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The General Statutes of the Commonwealth of ...

Verlag: William White, Boston

Erscheinungsdatum: 1860

Einband: Hardcover