Author: Maine Commandery
Title: Circular[S]: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Maine. 1881-1901
Description: [Portland], [Commandery of the State of Maine ], 1901. First edition. Three quarter morocco over red boards, four raised bands ruled in gilt, gilt titles. 8vo. The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, begun in Philadelphia in 1865, was modeled on the Society of the Cincinnati, and formed to protect the republic amid rumors of a plot to destroy the government after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Among its members were Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, and William McKinley. By 1899 it had over 8000 members which included nearly every officer of note. This volume contains 155 Maine circulars (22-179) for the years 1881 to 1901 Contains circulars, meeting notices, black bordered "In Memoriam" notices, biographies of the deceased. Many items annotated and signed by the recorders, Eward M. Rand and Henry S. Burrage. A wealth of information. A very good copy with shelf sticker on foot of backstrip.

Keywords: , Americana, Civil War Era, 19th c., Americana, Civil War, Maine, Biographies, Militia, Regimental Histories,


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