[SHERMAN, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)]. UPTON, Emory. The Armies of Asia and Europe. NY, 1878. INSCRIBED BY GEN. SHERMAN TO THE U. S. MINISTER TO VIENNA.
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[SHERMAN, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)]. UPTON, Emory. The Armies of Asia and Europe: Embracing Official Reports on the Armies of Japan, China, India, Persia, Italy, Russia, Austria, Germany, France, and England. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1878.
8vo. Original cloth (recased with hinges reinforced, some light stains and soiling); slipcase. Provenance: Hon. John A. Kasson (1822-1910), U.S. Congressman from Iowa and Minister to Austria-Hungary (presentation inscription from W. T. Sherman).
INSCRIBED BY GEN. SHERMAN TO THE U. S. MINISTER TO VIENNA on front free endpaper in pencil: “Hon. John A. Kasson / U. S. Minister to Vienna, With Compliments of / W. T. Sherman / General / Washington DC / May 20. 1878.” Emory Upton “distinguished himself in the Civil War and left a marked influence on the army as commandant of cadets at West Point from 1870 to 1875. Starting in July, 1875, he toured the world and spent two years writing this highly detailed book” (Smith). The recipient, John A. Kasson, spent many years serving as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa. In 1877, Kasson was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Austria-Hungary by President Rutherford B. Hayes, a position he held until early 1881. Smith U15.
Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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