Trial of the assassins and conspirators for the murder of Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of Vice-President Johnson and the whole cabinet : the most intensely interesting trial on record : containing the evidence in full, with arguments of counsel on both sides, and the verdict of the military commission : correct likenesses and graphic history of all the assassins, conspirators, and other persons connected with their arrest and trial
21-102 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., map, plans, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Trial of David E. Herold, George A. Atzerodt, Lewis Payne, Michael O'Laughlin, Edward Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Mary E. Surratt, and Samuel A. Mudd, before a military commission at Washington, D.C.
"Reprint from Pennsylvania history, vol. no. XIX, no. 3, July, 1952, quarterly journal of the Pennsylvania Historical Association."
Summary
This is a pamphlet which tells the story of Matilda Edwards Strong who is buried in Reading PA, where she lived with her husband. Earlier in her life she lived in the midwest as a guest in the home of the wealthy Edwards family in Springfield, Illinois. Mary Todd, Abraham Lincoln's future wife, was also a relative of that family and was visiting there at the same time. Lincoln and Todd became very close, but it was rumored that Lincoln for a period was drawn toward Matilda. This is the basis of the story connecting Lincoln to Reading.
xi, [1], 13-633 p. incl. plates, front., plates, ports.
Notes
Other editions published under titles, "Battle field and prison pen," "Through the war and thrice a prisoner in rebel dungeons."
Contents
Contents : The Overt Act of Treason and It's effect North and South --- Advance of the Grand Army From Washington and It's Defeat at Bull Run --- Departure of McClellan's Army For the Peninsula --- Advance of McDowell From Washington --- The Seven Days Fight On the Peninsula -- My First Capture --- Army of The Potomac and McClellan's Defence of The Capital --- Extravagant Errors, Halleck and Stanton In Control --- General Lee's Invasion of Pennsylvania and The Battle of Gettysburg --- Northern Campaign, Confederate Authorities Desperate --- Battle of The Wilderness , Our Capture and Recapture --- Advance of Grant's Forces -- Andersonville --- Hanging of The Thieves --- Enlargement of Our Prison --- Andersonville In August --- Millen Prison --- Florence Prison --- St. John's Gollege Hospital
Summary
The author tells of his experiences in the Civil War, including time spent in Confederate prisons.
translated out of the original tongues ; and with all former translations diligently compared and revised.
Place of Publication
Buffalo, N.Y
Publisher
Baker & Company,
Date of Publication
[1883?]
Physical Description
viii, [8], 28, 112, 52, 8, 8, 22, 16, 640, 104, 24, 392, 837-848, 44, 36, 24, 12, [16], 14 p., [74] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 33 cm.
Notes
"To which is added a profusely illustrated pronouncing dictionary of the Bible, a history of the books of the Bible, a history of all religious sects, biographies of eminent Bible characters, a history of the coins of the Bible, a gallery of scripture incidents and illustrations, the Jewish Tabernacle and priesthood, with chromatic plates, the travels of the Israelites, Christ and Paul, with colored maps, the parables of our Lord, also the proverbs of Solomon, and many other valuable aids and elegant embellishments."
"Beautifully illustrated."
New Testament t.p. : "The comparative New Testament, both the King James' Version of 1611 and the Revised Version of 1881 in parallel columns, retaining all the marginal notes and references of both versions. Text of old version, American Bible Society's octavo edition; text of New version, Oxford, large pica edition."
Some color plates are copyrighted 1873; "The parables of our Lord" is copyrighted 1883 by R. G. Moses.
Includes index.
Tables.
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Taped on front of first flyleaf and on spine: Presented to Mr. & Mrs. Abraham Snavely by Gen. Simon Cameron, Dec. 25, 1885.
Four pages of genealogy ripped from the end of the Apocrypha.
Marriage license of Henry Johnson of Maytown, and Sarah Ann Jeffries of Maytown, married on 17 February 1848, removed to MG-399; Snavely family bible; copy to Johnson family file.
Morocco binding with decorative gold tooling and raised center piece; gilted edges.
