Williams, Catharine R.

Biography of Revolutionary Heroes; Containing the Life of Brigadier Gen. William Barton, and Also, of Captain Stephen Olney.

1839. Providence: Published by the author, 1839.

Sm. 8vo, 312 pp. Crude woodcut frontispiece showing the capture of Prescott. Original pattern-embossed cloth, black label on backstrip. Joints weak, backstrip ends worn, contents clean, generally good.

§ First edition of this interesting and fairly early retrospective account of the beginnings of the American Revolution, possibly the first of its kind written by a woman and with a preface in which she criticizes the habitual dismissal of women as serious participants in the Revolution and its aftermath. Howes W-448. Item #124892

Price: $100.00