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BATCHELDER, SAMUEL F. Bits of Cambridge History.
Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press. 1930. 349 pp. plus 9 plates & large folding map "CAMBRIDGE & VICINITY in Revolutionary Times compiled to show The Parole Limits of Burgoyne's Officers 1777". Slight foxing to fore-edge, else a very good, bright copy in a lightly soiled dust wrapper protected in plastic. Cambridge, Massachusetts was the center of military operations during the early part of the American Revolution. The author examines and rejects the pious legend concerning the Washington Elm; he gives a complete account of the fortunes of Burgoyne and his army in Cambridge after the surrender at Saratoga; he reviews the history of the Vassall House, one of the noted mansions on Tory Row; and then examines the career of John Nutting, a Loyalist of Cambridge, whose experiences were typical of what most Tories were forced to endure. The map is in excellent condition.
Offered for US$ 35.00 by: Wiseman Books - Book number: 5443a
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