The Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States of America, From the Signing of the Definitive Treaty of Peace 10th September, 1783, to the Adoption of the Constitution, March 4, 1789.

First and third volume of this collection of letters from American diplomats; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, two volumes, bound in contemporary one half brick morocco, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Philemon Tecumseh Sherman's bookplate to the front free endpaper of each volume. In good condition, both volumes missing spines, boards detached, light toning to the contents of Vol. I, small loss to the front free endpaper and flyleaf of Vol. III. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected a member of the New York Board of Alderman in the late 1880s. In the early 1900s, he was appointed the New York Commissioner of Labor. He transferred his library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria “Minnie” Ewing Sherman Fitch, before he died. Until now, the books were held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania.