GIBBES, R[obert] W[ilson].

Documentary History of the American Revolution

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GIBBES, R[obert] W[ilson]. Documentary History of the American Revolution, Consisting of Letters and Papers Relating to the Contest for Liberty, chiefly in South Carolina, in 1781 and 1782. Columbia, SC: Banner Steam-Power Press, 1853. xv, 288pp. Modern quarter green morocco and cloth, spine gilt with raised bands, red morocco label, te.g. Some foxing and tanning, bookplate of Charles R. Sanders on rear pastedown. Very good. Howes G-151. De Renne II, p. 555. Thornton 4824. A collection of letters written at the close of the Revolutionary War, mostly relating to the Carolinas. Gibbes (1809-1866) was a long-time resident of Charleston and an authority on the natural sciences, particularly paleontology. In 1849 he published a work in which he postulated that the earth was actually millions of years older than originally believed, which he nevertheless worked hard to reconcile with biblical creation stories.

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