(#150124) COLLECTIONS OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1871-1874 ... [THE LEE PAPERS. VOL. I. 1754-1776 (through) VOL. IV. 1782-1811.]. Charles New York Historical Society. Lee.

COLLECTIONS OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1871-1874 ... [THE LEE PAPERS. VOL. I. 1754-1776 (through) VOL. IV. 1782-1811.]. New York: Printed for the Society, 1872-1875. Octavo, four volumes, original green cloth stamped in gold and blind, gray coated endpapers. First edition. The papers of Charles Lee (1731-1782), soldier of fortune born at Dernhall, Cheshire, England; with the 44th during the disastrous British attack on Fort Ticonderoga in July 1758, and later an important and controversial American Revolutionary War general. "Lee is one of the most extraordinary and contradictory characters in American history." - DAB. Mild wear to cloth at spine ends of several volumes, an excellent set overall. (#150124).

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