david smith b 1831 (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Large 8vo. (23 cm.) [2]3-92[2]p. Illustrated with numerous black and white captioned photos, including some of the author. Light brown cloth with brown letters on the front cover. Errata slip pasted to front pastedown. Very minor wear to extremities with nothing rubbed through, cloth lightly soiled, couple of small stains on front cover, no writing inside, else very good to near fine. These are the personal recollections of one David Smith, who moved ca. 1837 with his family from Campbelltown, Argyll County in Western Scotland to Ottawa, Lee County, Illinois via New York City, Buffalo, and Chicago. They settled on their farm, which came to be known as Smith's Grove in August, 1837. According to the Introduction, which is dated Paw Paw, Ill., February 4, 1915, these recollections were originally published in the Dixon County Weekly Citizen.