[Rarebooks] FS: Grant's VP, Henry Wilson's MILITARY MEASURES OF THE U.S. CONGRESS, 1861-65: Wilson's personal copy

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WILSON,  Henry. MILITARY MEASURES OF THE UNITED STATES  CONGRESS.
1861-1865.  New  York: D. Van Nostrand 1866. First Edition. Octavo  in
contemporary  half  brown  morocco  with marbled  boards  and  morocco
corners;  frontispiece portrait, v, [i], 88 pages. A collection of the
91  acts, bills, and resolutions for the military during the Civil War
by  the  Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs,  printed  from
Advance  Sheets  of  the Rebellion Record. This is Wilson's  own  copy
with  his bookplate on the front pastedown and a clipped SIGNATURE and
closing  pasted  to the front free endpaper. Wilson was born  Jeremiah
Colbath  in  1812  in Farmington, New Hampshire.  An  indentured  farm
laborer  at the age of ten, he changed his name to Henry Wilson  after
obtaining  his  freedom in 1833. He became a school teacher,  acquired
and  edited  a newspaper, and in 1855 won a seat in the Senate.  After
the  war  Wilson served as Vice President for Ulysses S. Grant.  Small
leather  bookplate  of  Frank  C.  Deering at the  top  of  the  front
pastedown. Light foxing. Near Fine                             $750.00
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