Peirce henry augustus (2 Ergebnisse)

Stapled wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. Limited edition. Tall 8vo, 25 pages, cream wrappers Copy 19 of only 240. Pierce sailed before the mast, eventually becoming a trader all around the Pacific, with property in Hawaii particularly. Eventually he was made a diplomat, representing the U.S.A. to the Hawaiian Islands. Afterwards he was made the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the King of Hawaii.…

stapled wrappers. Zustand: As New. Limited edition. 8vo, 25 pages, stapled manila wrappers No. 58 of 240 copies. Peirce sailed to Hawaii, and later California and the Northwest Coast in 1825. He became a merchant and plied the seas and became the Consul to the Hawaiian kingdom. [Howes P179; Cowan, CALIFORNIA, p.478]. …