1794 RISE PROGRESS ESTABLISHMENT INDEPENDENCE OF THE US, Gordon 3 Vols Spangler

Description: "THE HISTORY OF THE RISE, PROGRESS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE LATE WAR AND OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES FROM THEIR ORIGIN TO THAT PERIOD By William Gordon, D.D., The Second American Edition, New York, Printed and Sold by Samuel Campbell" 1794. 3 Volume set. Hardcover leather boards show wear and chipping but are secure. Normal page age-toning and foxing. Historical Society of York County (PA) stickers to inside front covers. Previous owner's name written on endpapers and title pages. Cataloging number at base of spines. Vol 1's map is torn at bottom, missing bottom fifth of map. Vol 2's map has only the upper right corner present. Vol 3's map is missing. Prior owner's signature is "Catharine A. Spangler" who almost certainly is the wife of Gen. Jacob Spangler (1767 - 1843), who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. From Wikipedia: "He served as a trumpeter in Captain McClellan's light horse company of York in 1799. He was county commissioner in 1800, postmaster of York from 1795 to 1812, deputy surveyor of York County, Pennsylvania, 1796 to 1815, and again county commissioner in 1814. Spangler was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and served until his resignation on April 20, 1818. He was surveyor general of Pennsylvania from 1818 to 1821. He became commander of the State militia, with title of general. He was the chief escort of General Lafayette from York to Harrisburg on his visit to the United States in 1825. He served as clerk of the York County Court until 1830, and again served as surveyor general of Pennsylvania from 1830 to 1836." Each book approximately 5" x 8-1/4"

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Location: Kelton, Pennsylvania

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