Journal Durant un Sejour en France: Depuis le Commencement d'aout jusqu'a la Mi-Decembre 1792

Journal durant un sejour en France : depuis le commencement d'aout jusqu'a la mi-decembre 1792 : auquel est ajoute un recit des evenemens les plus remarquables qui ont eu lieu a Paris, depuis cette epoque, jusqu'a la mort du feu Roi de France [Continental Congress Delegate Ownership]

 John Moore; Joseph M Delagrange

Philadelphia: Chez Mathew Carey, rue du Marche, 1794


[Continental Congress Delegate, David Howell Ownership] 2 volume set. Contemporary calf over marbled boards.  Some wear, minor chipping to spine leather.  Vol. 1: xv, [1] 259, [1]p.; v. 2: [2], 323, [3] p. Travels in revolutionary France. Early Philadelphia imprint. French translation of Moore's "A journal during a residence in France." Evans 27343.  Ownership signature of David Howell (1747-1824), a delegate from Rhode Island in the Continental Congress (1782-1785) and a member of the United States District Court.  Signed by Howell on the title page.  An inscription on the first free leaf notes: "Bequeathed to G. Dwight by his hon'd grandfather David Howell Saturday, November 13th 1824".  Gamaliel Lyman Dwight (1809-1854) was the son of Sarah Cooke Howell, Howell's daughter.

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