A Biographical Sketch of the Life of the Late Captain Michael Cresap
Cincinnati: Jno. F. Uhlhorn, Steam Job Printer, 1866. Frontispiece portrait of George Rogers Clark. Three quarter gilt morocco and marbled boards. Quarto. 158 pages.
Written in 1826 by a Maryland veteran of the Revolutionary War to refute the charge that Michael Cresap "was infamous for his many Indian murders," as claimed by Thomas Jefferson in his 1785 "Notes on the State of Virginia."
The claim arises from the massacre of the family of Iroquois leader Logan, which occurred within an area of present-day West Virginia where Cresap was leading a group of settlers fortifying themselves against hostile Indians. The Yellow Creek Massacre, however, was committed by a family named Greathouse according to testimony herein.
Jacob wanted to clear Cresap's name, not just for his family, but also for the State of Maryland, who had appointed Cresap its first captain in the Revolutionary War. Includes testimony from George Rogers Clark. An essential volume on the topic of the settlement of Western Maryland, Virginia, and the Ohio Country.
Ref. SABIN 35489; HOWES J32.
Bound in later three quarter gilt morocco with marbled paper sides, marbled endpapers. Spine titled and ornamented in gilt, five raised bands. Gilt ruling to boards. Minor extremity rubs and scuffs, a bit of fading to spine and leather fore corners. Near fine overall. A sound and handsome copy.
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