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  First Edition of the Journal of the Twentieth Annual Session of the Encampment Army of the Republic, San Francisco, California; Inscribed by Commander in Chief S.S. Burdett to General William Tecumseh Sherman

  [WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN],.

  Journal of the Twentieth Annual Session of the National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic, San Francisco, California.

  Washington: Gibson Bros., Printers and Bookbinders, 1886.

  First edition of this record of post-war social meetings by members of the army; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original green cloth stamped in blind with gilt titles and military insignia, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Commander in Chief S. S. Burdett. General Sherman and his son’s bookplates to the front pastedown. Presentation copy, inscribed to General Sherman, "To General William T. Sherman. With Respect and Sincere Admiration of S. S. Burdett Past Commander in Chief G. A. R." In near fine condition. General Sherman’s library was inherited by his son Philemon Tecumseh Sherman, who transferred the library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, before he died. Eleanor was the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria “Minnie” Ewing Sherman Fitch. Until now, the book was held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

  Price: $3,800.00     Item Number: 145746

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