[TENNESSEE]. BREAZEALE, John William McNairy. Life as it is; or Matters and Things in General: Containing… Historical Sketches of the Exploration and First Settlement of the State of Tennessee. Knoxville: printed by James Williams, 1842.
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[TENNESSEE]. BREAZEALE, John William McNairy (1795-1843). Life as it is; or Matters and Things in General: Containing… Historical Sketches of the Exploration and First Settlement of the State of Tennessee. Knoxville, [TN]: printed by James Williams, 1842.
12mo (182 x 115 mm). (Some minor staining and chipping.) Later red morocco gilt, top edge gilt. Provenance: William H. Harmon? (signature dated 1867, annotations).
FIRST EDITION of this history of Tennessee covering various wars with the Indigenous population, the Harpe brother murderers, and the election process. Bradford 530; Howes B-741; Sabin 7651; Streeter Sale 1670.
Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia
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