Memoirs of the American Revolution,
Item #81305
MOULTRIE, William, Memoirs of the American Revolution, So Far As It Is Related to the States of North and South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Printed by David Longworth, for the author,1802. Two volumes. 506; 446pp. Frontis. portrait in first volume. Later three-quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt leather labels, raised bands. Boards, joints, and extremities rubbed. Tear in the gutter of the second volume titlepage repaired on the verso; tear in gutter of following two leaves repaired on the recto. Text foxed and tanned with occasional staining. Small handwritten bookplate in both volumes. About very good. A scarce work, and one of the most valuable firsthand narratives of the American Revolution in the South. At the outbreak of the Revolution, Moultrie was a politician and an officer in the South Carolina colonial regiment (where he had risen to prominence during the Cherokee War). He was eventually promoted to the position of brigadier-general in the Continental Army. Moultrie fought in several important southern battles, including the defense of Fort Sullivan in 1776, and helped lead the defense of Charleston from the British before his forces were finally overcome in 1780. He was taken prisoner and held for more than a year, after which the British tried to bring him to their side by offering him a command in Jamaica. "Of great value for the history of the Revolution in South Carolina and Georgia" - DAB. "The author's position as Governor of South Carolina, afforded him ample facilities to consult original authorities, and the result of his researches is a good book" - Sabin. "One of the most interesting of the Revolutionary narratives" - Larned. Pinned to the titlepage and following two leaves in the first volume is a handwritten slip of paper from one John Jacob Astor, dated June 3, 1771, acknowledging the receipt of ?870 from William Moultrie. On both the front (crossed) and the reverse, Moultrie notes having received the receipt from John Jacob Astor on June 20, 1771. The receipt is signed by Astor on the recto and by Moultrie on the recto and verso. Each volume bears the handwritten label, in ink, of Frank E. Taylor. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Frank Eugene Taylor (1846-1913), was a prominent manufacturer and businessman who, after serving in the Confederate army, went on to a.
Price: $7,500.00