Description: A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF COM. ROBERT F. STOCKTON by Samuel J. Bayard 1856 POB#57142 TITLE: A sketch of the life of Com. Robert F. Stockton; : With an appendix, comprising his correspondence with the Navy Department respecting his conquest of California; and extracts from the defence of Col. J.C. Fremont, in relation to the same subject; together with his speeches in the Senate of the United States, and his political letter AUTHOR: Samuel J. Bayard PUBLISHER: New York: Derby & Jackson, 119 Nassau St. DATE: 1856DESCRIPTION: 210, 131, [3] pages, [1] leaf of plate : portrait ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references Publisher's advertisements follow text Includes appendices CONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD MINUS. Solid page and cover attachment. Heavily foxed title page and frontispiece portrait but only light spotting elsewhere. BINDING: Full brown cloth tooled in blind and stamped in gilt on spine. Spine reads: Life of Commodore Stockton Brown cloth binding with gold embossed letters and vignette on spine signed: Derby & Jackson..Probably published to coincide with the new Republican Party's first presidential election, featuring famed explorer of the West (and accused mutineer) John C. Fremont. Stockton's memoir includes the court-martial defense of Captain Fremont's conduct in California that lead to his arrest and return to Washington after the Mexican War. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog
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Author: Samuel J. Bayard
Binding: Cloth
Language: English
Place of Publication: New York
Publisher: Derby & Jackson, 119 Nassau St.
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Topic: Mexican-American War
Year Printed: 1856
