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American Revolutionary War Memory Samuel Swett History of Bunker Hill Battle with Plan 1826

American Revolutionary War Memory Samuel Swett History of Bunker Hill Battle with Plan 1826 by Samuel Swett

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American Revolutionary War Memory Samuel Swett History of Bunker Hill Battle with Plan 1826
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Samuel Swett
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1826. Swett, Samuel. History of Bunker Hill Battle with a Plan, 1826, an early nineteenth century reconstruction of the June 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill that consolidates veteran testimony into printed form at a decisive moment in the formation of Revolutionary memory. Published immediately following the fiftieth anniversary commemorations and the laying of the Bunker Hill Monument cornerstone, the work incorporates "new information derived from the surviving soldiers present at the celebration on the 17th June last, and notes," preserving firsthand accounts as the generation of participants diminished. Swett's narrative extends beyond tactical description to evoke the destruction of Charlestown, writing that "The whole town was combustible. The flames ascended to heaven on the lofty spire of the church and resembled the eruptions of vast volcano in solemn grandeur and sublimity," aligning the battle with an emerging national mythology grounded in sacrifice and spectacle. Swett, Samuel. History of Bunker Hill Battle with a Plan. Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1826. Second edition. Pamphlet. The volume includes an engraved folding map titled Sketch of Bunker Hill Battle, attributed to Swett, delineating Breed's Hill, Bunker Hill, Charlestown, British landing points, troop movements, and surrounding waterways with naval vessels indicated offshore. This cartographic rendering provided nineteenth century readers with a structured visualization of the battlefield and contributed to the standardization of its spatial interpretation. While some copies include an additional thirty page "Notes" section, the present example retains the principal text and the folding plan, a feature often lacking. Issued during the early republic's intensifying engagement with Revolutionary commemoration, the work bridges oral testimony and printed historiography, translating lived experience into a durable narrative form that informed subsequent historical writing and public memory. Swett's emphasis on eyewitness accounts and descriptive immediacy reflects broader efforts to define national identity through the preservation of Revolutionary sites and narratives. Removed from a bound volume; folding map present; title page partially separated with light wear consistent with prior binding; text and map clean and stable. Overall very good condition.
Trial of Wikoff, Vannoud, And Cavallari, For a Forced Marriage..

Trial of Wikoff, Vannoud, And Cavallari, For a Forced Marriage.. by Trial; Wikoff, Henry, Principal Defendant

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Trial of Wikoff, Vannoud, And Cavallari, For a Forced Marriage..
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Trial; Wikoff, Henry, Principal Defendant
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1852. Vannoud, Louis; Cavallari, Luigi. Vannoud, Louis; Cavallari, Luigi. A Sensational Case of Kidnapping [Trial]. Wikoff, Henry [1813-1884], Principal Defendant. Vannoud, Louis, Defendant. Cavallari, Luigi, Defendant. Trial of Wikoff, Vannoud, And Cavallari, For a Forced Marriage Between Miss Gamble and One of the Accused. Before the High Court of Genoa, February 9-10, 1852. London: William Shoberl, 1852. 64 pp. Lithograph portrait frontispiece of Wikoff. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Moderate soiling, rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners. Light toning to text, foxing to a few leaves, internally clean. $750. * Only edition. An account of one of the sensational trials of the early 1850s. Wikoff, or as he called himself, Chevalier Wikoff, was an American impresario, occasional European correspondent for the New York Herald and, possibly, a spy for Lord Palmerston. He was engaged to Jane Catherine Gamble, an English woman. Gamble changed her mind shortly before the wedding and fled to Genoa. Wikoff tracked her down and apparently tricked her into coming along with him to his apartment. Shortly afterwards Gamble filed a complaint of kidnapping that landed Wikoff in an Italian jail for 15 months. He was found guilty in an Italian court and forced to return her letters and "extorted promise of marriage." Ever enterprising, Wikoff responded to the negative publicity with a memoir entitled My Courtship and Its Consequences (1855), which became a best-seller. Copies of The Trial of Wikoff are scarce. OCLC locates 7 worldwide: 2 in the British Library and 5 in North American law libraries (Harvard, Library of Congress, University of Georgia, University of Minnesota, University of Pennsylvania).

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