[“Mr. Lee’s Plan – March 29, 1777”] “The Treason of Charles Lee” By George H. Moore, 1858
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[Moore, George H]. “Mr. Lee’s Plan – March 29, 1777. The
Treason of Charles Lee.” Major General, second in command in the American army of the Revolution. Engraved portrait frontis., engraved caricature of Lee after Rushbrooke; 10 pp. of facsimiles including Mr. Lee’s Plan….”
Moore’s book was the first to study the Lee message found among the Strachey papers in 1858, which virtually proved that Lee, while a British prisoner, and collaborated with the British. A key book in the study of “one of the most extraordinary and contradictory character in American history.”
Pp. xii, 115, 8vo, N.Y. Charles Scribner, 1860. First Edition. Original red pebbled cloth; spine and edges darkened, otherwise a fine, tight copy. Sabin 50380.
Treason of Charles Lee.” Major General, second in command in the American army of the Revolution. Engraved portrait frontis., engraved caricature of Lee after Rushbrooke; 10 pp. of facsimiles including Mr. Lee’s Plan….”
Moore’s book was the first to study the Lee message found among the Strachey papers in 1858, which virtually proved that Lee, while a British prisoner, and collaborated with the British. A key book in the study of “one of the most extraordinary and contradictory character in American history.”
Pp. xii, 115, 8vo, N.Y. Charles Scribner, 1860. First Edition. Original red pebbled cloth; spine and edges darkened, otherwise a fine, tight copy. Sabin 50380.
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