Wilkinson: Soldier and Pioneer James Wilkinson [Very Good] [Hardcover]

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1st Edition (1935), from the estate of a descendent of the subject, James Wilkinson. VERY GOOD, no dust jacket as issued. No marks in text. Includes an Addenda inserted in the back and tipped in addenda on a few pages of text. An original one page synopsis prepared by the author folded loose inside front cover in addition to a large bookmark and poem that was included in the original published book - the poem *When we grow old* was written by the author. Binding is tight and square. xiii 238 pages including frontispiece, facsimile, plates, portraits 24 cm. . . . .The short account of General James Wilkinson?s career by his great-grandson, a distinguished lawyer of new Orleans, asks *no praise for what he may have done,* but only *peace to his ashes and justice to his memory.* To refute the accusations of treachery and venal conduct that have been made against his ancestor, Mr. Wilkinson presents his argument in the form of a lawyer?s brief. . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Wilkinson's Youth -- 2.) Admission or Secession -- 3.) The River Pioneer -- 4.) An Actual Secession -- 5.) Wilkinson's Love of Land -- 6.) Indian Wars -- 7.) Randolph vs Wilkinson -- 8.) Jackson vs Wilkinson -- 9.) A Daniel Come to Judgment -- 10.) An Evil Power -- 11.) The Grandee of Roncal -- 12.) Currents and Counter Currents -- 13.) Tobacco Money or Bribes -- 14.) The Louisiana Transfer -- 15.) Eighteen Hundred and Four -- 16.) Eighteen Hundred and Five -- 17.) Eighteen Hundred and Six -- 18.) The Bastrop Bubble -- 19.) Burr-Wilkinson Letters -- 20.) A Singular Friend -- 21.) The Sky Rocket Falls -- 22.) The Wicked Flee When No Man Pursueth -- 23.) A Foolish Venture -- 24.) At Burr's Trial -- 25.) Burling and The Viceroy -- 26.) Bleeding Old And New Spain -- 27.) Thereby Hangs a Tale -- 28.) Condensed Lye -- 29.) Yellow and Malarial Fevers -- 30.) An Inhuman Charge -- 31.) A Useful Fort -- 32.) The Battle Of New Orleans -- 33.) Senators And Slavery -- 34.) War Of 1812 -- 35.) Failing Years