Notes on the War in the South

CLAIBORNE, Nathaniel Herbert.  NOTES ON THE WAR IN THE SOUTH.

Richmond: William Ramsay, 1819. 12mo. Contemporary full calf. 112 pages. First edition.

Claiborne's account of the War of 1812 includes the burning of Washington, the attack at Fort McHenry outside Baltimore, the Battle of New Orleans, and the war with the Creek Indians.  There are also biographical sketches of Andrew Jackson and the author's brother, William Charles Claiborne, past Govenor of Louisiana.  With the bookplate of Herbert Claiborne Pell, Junior, United States Congressman and Claiborne family descendant.  Paper slightly browned, as usual with American books of this period, else a very nice copy.

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