Baltimore and the Nineteenth of April, 1861: A Study of the War
Baltimore: N. Murray, Johns Hopkins University, 1887. First Edition. Frontispiece map. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 176, [10 ads] pages.
Baltimore's mayor at the time relates the events in the city during April, 1861. He covers much more than the violent clash between the 6th Massachusetts Infantry and a mob in Pratt Street, with his main concern being the subsequent Federal occupation of Baltimore and the suspension of Habeas Corpus.
The frontispiece map shows the railroad route through Baltimore in 1861. Appendices on such topics as the plot to assassinate Lincoln in Baltimore (discounted by Brown) and Chief Justice Taney's opinions in the Dred Scott and Merryman cases. Brown provides considerable documentation.
Ref.: NEVINS II, p. 143; RHODES p. 43.
Bound in green cloth over boards with spine and upper board titled in gilt, dark brown endpapers. Contemporary prior owner inscription and bookplate remnant on preliminary blank leaf. Abrasion on back of frontispiece where an inked named and date was erased, with a private library stamp at same location. Upper board has a few scattered light stains. Very good overall, with sound binding and clean interior.
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