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Hildreth, Samuel P. - Captain Pres. Devol. Biographical Sketch

Title: Captain Pres. Devol. Biographical Sketch
Description: (Marietta, OH), (Register Office), 1861. First edition. Self wrappers. 8 pp. Dbl columns. Sm. 4to. Interesting account of an Ohio adventurer, Capt. Prescott Devol, formerly well known on the Ohio river, as a pilot and steamboat captain, including his part in the Harrison campaign of 1840.. Quotes from a letter he wrote on July 4, 1846 about a trip from above New Orleans, out to the Gulf of Mexico and over to the Rio Grande. Rare. OCLC locates two copies: University of Kentucky and Marietta College OCLC: 13997468. See History of Washington County, Ohio: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches (1881) p336-7. Good, chipped and browned along edges, notation penciled in along bottom margin of first page.

Keywords: , Americana, Ohio , Pamphlet

Price: US$ 125.00 Seller: Kaaterskill Books
- Book number: 46036

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