On this page are the 46 titles about the events and times of the American Revolution that are in stock at Ray Boas, Bookseller, in Walpole, NH on September 15, 2007. Make a note of the order number in ( ) before the price, and place your order at any time. Thank you, RAY
1. REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS - A TRANSCRIPT OF THE PENSION LIST OF THE UNITED STATES FOR 1813, Southern Book Company, Baltimore, 1959, 47pp, very good, wraps (softcover), A facsimile reprint of the 1813 pension list, "shewing (sic) the Number of Pensioners in the Several Districts. Also, The Amount Allowed to Each Pensioner.", (Order No: 35940 ), $25.00
2. THE PULSE OF THE PEOPLE: NEW JERSEY, 1763-1789, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, (1976), B&W illustrations, 268pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), With emphasis on the arts and decorative arts, this exhibition catalogue provides a broad view of life in New Jersey within the framework of political and military events of the revolutionary war period., (Order No: 23714 ), $14.50
3. Agniel, Lucien, THE LATE AFFAIR HAS ALMOST BROKE MY HEART - THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN THE SOUTH 1780-1781, The Chatham Press, Inc., Riverside, CT, (1972), B&W illustrations, 159pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0856990361 This volume unfolds the dramatic story of the last two years of the Revolution., (Order No: 43751 ), $10.00
4. Akers, Charles W., THE DIVINE POLITICIAN: SAMUEL COOPER AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN BOSTON, Northeastern University Pr., Boston, MA, 1982 1st ptg, 20 B&W ill., 445pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0930350197 A full-length account of the life of Samuel Cooper., (Order No: 13525 ), $12.00
5. Allyn, Charles (revised and enlarged by); Harris, William W. (foreword & copies of original documents by Norman F. Boas, MD), THE BATTLE OF GROTON HEIGHTS: A COLLECTION OF NARRATIVES, OFFICIAL REPORTS, RECORDS, ETC. OF THE STORMING OF FORT GRISWOLD, Seaport Autographs, Mystic, CT, (1999), B&W illustrations, 399pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0967262615 Originally published in 1881. "...The Massacre of its Garrison, and the Burning of New London by British Troops Under the Command of Brig.-Gen. Benedict Arnold, on the Sixth of September, 1781." On September 6, 1781, Groton and New London, Connecticut were attacked by a superior force of British infantrymen, led by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold. Arriving on 24 sailing vessels from New York, two divisions totaling about 1600 soldiers disembarked at the mouth of the Thames River. Half of the troups marched up the west bank of the river and burned virtually all the homes and warehouses of New London to the ground. All the 18th and 19th century accounts of these battles are long out of print. The Battle of Groton Heights by Charles Allyn published in 1881 remains the most definitive and complete records of these events. This reprint includes 16 pages of pertinent documents never before published., (Order No: 25271 ), $30.00
6. Austin, Aleine (foreword by Richard B. Morris), MATTHEW LYON - "NEW MAN" OF THE DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION, 1749-1822, Pennsylvania State Univ. Pr., University Park, PA, (1981), 192pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 027100262X This biography presents convincing evidence that the American Revolution wrought basic economic, ideological, political, and social changes in the life of individuals and institutions. Lyon was one of the new breed of upwardly mobile political figures, quick to profit from the expanding economy of the post-Revolutionary and early national years, yet caught up in the challenges of state and nation-building., (Order No: 50044 ), $85.00
7. Barrett, James Francis, THE LOYALIST: A STORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, P. J. Kenedy & Sons, New York, (1920), 388pp, very good (hardcover) (lightly chipped/trimmed dustjacket), "Historical facts constitute the background of this story. Its hero and its heroine are, of course, fictitious; but the deportment of General Arnold, the Shippen family, the several military and civic personages throughout the story is described, for the most part, accurately and in conformity with the sober truths of history.", (Order No: 32340 ), $35.00
8. Batchellor, Albert Sullivan (editor), MISCELLANEOUS REVOLUTIONARY DOCUMENTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: VOLUME 30 STATE PAPERS SERIES, John B. Clarke Co., Manchester, NH, 1910, 658pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover), "Including the Association Test, the Pension Rolls, and Other Important Papers." Contents includes: Association Test; New Hampshire Men on the Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls; New Hampshire Pension Roll, 1835; New Hampshire Pension Roll, 1840; Major John Brown's Detachment, Green Mountain Boys; Med of Colonel Bedel's Regiment Surrenderd at the Cedars, 1776; and, Miscellaneous Rolls and Documents., (Order No: 51430 ), $60.00
9. Bendiner, Elmer, THE VIRGIN DIPLOMATS, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976 1st ed, 267pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription, ISBN 0394489772 "The adventures - and misadventures - of our first ambassadors, the American agents, who by secret intrigue and public politicking in the courts of Europe helped to win the American Revolution.", (Order No: 4196 ), $5.00
10. Black, Jeannette D. and Roelker, William Greene (preface by Lawrence C. Wroth), A RHODE ISLAND CHAPLAIN IN THE REVOLUTION - LETTERS OF EBENEZER DAVID TO NICHOLAS BROWN 1775-1778, RI Society of the Cincinnati, Providence, RI, 1949, B&W illustrations, 82pp, very good, green cloth spine (hardcover), These letters give us information about the life and activities of a chaplain in the Continental Army, and they contain some excellent descriptions of action in various theatres of the Revolutionary War in which Rhode Island troops played a part., (Order No: 51057 ), $30.00
11. Boas, Norman Francis, STONINGTON DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Seaport Autographs, Mystic, CT, (1990) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 195pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), Unique with the history of an entire town (Stonington, Connecticut) during the American Revolution, with 300 service records of soldiers and illustrated with photos and ove 60 original war documents. Also includes a description of the British naval attach on the town, the first on the shores of America., (Order No: 22731 ), $25.00
12. Bostwick, Frank J., SEPARATE BEACHHEADS: THE BOSTOCK CHRONICLES OF LOYALIST ADVENTURES II, Loyalist House, Stanhope, Canada, (1987), ill. & maps by the author, 142pp, very good, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, ISBN 0969229218, (Order No: 44602 ), $20.00
13. Boyer, Charles S., REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES IN AND AROUND CAMDEN (NEW JERSEY), Camden County Hist. Society, Camden, NJ, reprint, 12pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Reprinted from WEST JERSEY PRESS of June 20, 17 and July 4, 11, 1935., (Order No: 15169 ), $25.00
14. Brown, Richard Maxwell and Fehrenbacher, Don E. (edited by), TRADITION, CONFLICT, AND MODERNIZATION: PERSPECTIVES ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Academic Press, New York, (1977), 130pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0121376508 Important new views on the American Revolution from five distinquished scholars are presented in this volume. Their essays - featuring significant themes of tradition, social conflict and change, and modernization - approach history from the interdisciplinary perspective of the social sciences. Included are essays by: Michael Kammen, Charles Tilly, Richard Maxwell Brown, and Kenneth A. Lockridge., (Order No: 37153 ), $35.00
15. Cox, Marian Buckley, GLIMPSE OF GLORY: GEORGE MASON OF GUNSTON HALL, Garrett & Massie, Inc., Richmond, VA, (1954), drawings by Elmo Jones, 254pp, good, light blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 5560 ), $7.50
16. Cutler, Charles L., CONNECTICUT'S REVOLUTIONARY PRESS, The Pequot Press, Chester, CT, 1975 1st ptg, 61pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0871060639 Connecticut Bicentennial Series, XIV., (Order No: 43365 ), $20.00
17. Diamant, Lincoln, BERNARD ROMANS: FORGOTTEN PATRIOT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Harbor Hill Books, Harrison, NY, 1985, 39 B&W ill., 160pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0916346560 "Military Engineer and Cartographer of West Point and the Hudson Valley." A full-length biography of the life of Bernard Romans- -a man who was an engineer, botanist, surveyor, seaman, explorer, linguist, cartographer, writer, poet, artist and engraver, and a highly controversial military figure in the early days of the Revolution., (Order No: 16070 ), $20.00
18. Ellis, George E., CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE EVACUATION OF BOSTON BY THE BRITISH ARMY MARCH 17TH, 1776 ..., Boston City Council, Boston, MA, 1876, B&W ill., maps, 199pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover) some light edgewear, "...RECEPTION OF THE WASHINGTON MEDAL; ORATION DELIVERED IN MUSIC HALL; AND, A CHRONICLE OF THE SIEGE OF BOSTON." Commemorative book of the celebration held March 17, 1876 - title on spine reads: SIEGE AND EVACUATION MEMORIAL. The majority of the book is devoted to the Chronicle of the Siege by George E. Ellis. Nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 43029 ), $70.00
19. Gannett, Deborah (Sampson) (with an introduction and notes by John Adams Vinton), THE FEMALE REVIEW - LIFE OF DEBORAH SAMPSON THE FEMALE SOLDIER IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION, Ayer Company Publishers, North Stratford, NH, (2000), 267pp, fine, red cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0405044763 First published in 1866. Story of Deborah Sampson who enlisted in the revolutionary army in 1781., (Order No: 51722 ), $35.00
20. Glover, John; Knight, Russell W. (edited with an introduction by); Whitehill, Walter Muir (foreword by), GENERAL JOHN GLOVER'S LETTERBOOK 1776-1777, Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1976, B&W ill., color frontis, 64pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, General Glover, a great New England patriot and hero, was one of the most important American military figures of the Revolutionary War. It was Glover who, with his troop of Marblehead militia, safely ferried George Washington and 2400 men across the Delaware River to Trenton, Christmas night in 1776. This letterbook provides a vivid picture of his activities during the years 1776-1777, starting shortly after the Evacuation of Long Island and leading up to the surrender of Burgoyne's troops at Saratoga., (Order No: 47051 ), $150.00
21. Gottschalk, Louis & Maddox, Margaret, LAFAYETTE IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: THROUGH THE OCTOBER DAYS, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, (1969), 414pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), This is the fifth volume in a multivolume biography of Lafayette which deals with the first nine months of Lafayette's activity in 1789-up to the climax of October 5/6., (Order No: 10820 ), $7.50
22. Hammond, Isaac W. (compiled and edited by), STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ROLLS OF THE SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, MAY, 1777, TO 1780 - VOLUME II OF WAR ROLLS, Parsons B. Cogswell, Printer, Concord, NH, 1886, 847pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB, old hinge repairs, "WITH AN APPENDIX, EMBRACING NAMES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MEN IN MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENTS." Volum II of Wall Rolls, Volume XV of the Series. "This volume contains the rolls of the soldiers who served in the Revolutionary war from this state from May, 1777, to January, 1789, so far as the same are in the archives of the state, or could be obtained elsewhere by the editor.", (Order No: 49135 ), $175.00
23. Hammond, Isaac W. (compiled and edited by), STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. ROLLS AND DOCUMENTS OF THE SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR FOUR VOLUME SET COMPLETE-SERIES VOLS 14-17, good, black cloth (hardcover) light edgewear, Volumes XIV, XV, XVI, and XVII of the series; and Volumes I, II, III, and IV of the War Rolls. Complete set comprising: Volume I, ROLLS OF THE SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 1775, TO MAY, 1777; WITH AN APPENDIX, EMBRACING DIARIES OF LIEUT. JONATHAN BURTON., Parsons, B. Cogswell, State Printer, Concord, NH, 1885, 799pp; Volume II, ROLLS OF THE SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, MAY, 1777, TO 1780: WITH AN APPENDIX, EMBRACING NAMES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MEN IN MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENTS, Parsons B. Cogswell, State Printer, Concord, NH, 1886, 847pp; Volume III, ROLLS AND DOCUMENTS RELATING TO SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WITH AN APPENDIX, EMBRACING SOME INDIAN AND FRENCH WAR ROLLS, John B. Clarke, Public Printer, Manchester, NH, 1887, 1021pp; and, PART I. ROLLS AND DOCUMENTS RELATING TO SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. PART II. MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS, FROM 1629-1725, John B. Clarke, Public Printer, Manchester, NH, 1889, 819pp., (Order No: 51428 ), $500.00
24. Heusser, Albert H., THE FORGOTTEN GENERAL - ROBERT ERSKINE, F.R.S. (1735-1780), GEOGRAPHER AND SURVEYOR GENERAL TO THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, The Benjamin Franklin Press, 1928, sepia toned illustrations, 216pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) edgewear - LACKS TITLE PAGE, "Robert Erskine, F.R.S.,M the Surveyor-General of the Continental Army and the trusted friend of the Commander-in-chief, was the silent man behind the scenes, who mapped out the by-ways and the back-roads over the mountains, and - by his familiarity with the great "middle-ground" between the Hudson Highlands and the Delaware - provided Washington with that thorough knowledge of the topography of the country which enabled him repeatedly to out maneuver the enemy.", (Order No: 50782 ), $20.00
25. Hirschfeld, Burt, THE GLORIOUS STRUGGLE: HOW THE UNITED STATES BECAME A NATION, Hawthorn Books, Inc., New York, (1967) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 220pp, very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 15042 ), $7.50
26. Jones, Thomas; de Lancey, Edward Floyd (edited by), HISTORY OF NEW YORK DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ... VOLUME I ONLY -- "EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION" SERIES, Arno Press, Inc., New York, (1968), maps, 748pp, very good+, blue cloth spine (hardcover), "...AND OF THE LEADING EVENTS IN THE OTHER COLONIES AT THAT PERIOD, WITH NOTES, CONTEMPORARY DOCUMENTS, MAPS AND PORTRAITS: Originally published in 1879. Offered is Volume I only., (Order No: 51750 ), $75.00
27. Koke, Richard J., ACCOMPLICE IN TREASON - JOSHUA HETT SMITH AND THE ARNOLD CONSPIRACY, New York Historical Society, New York, 1973, B&W illustrations, 325pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "This is the story of Joshua Hett Smith, an obscure attorney, who won himself an unenvied, ominous place in the history of the American War of Independence as Benedict Arnold's emmisary in the plot to deliver the American fortress of West Point to the British in 1780.", (Order No: 51862 ), $20.00
28. Maier, Pauline, THE OLD REVOLUTIONARIES: POLITICAL LIVES IN THE AGE OF SAMUEL ADAMS, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1980 1st ed, 309pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Includes chapters on: Isaac Sears and the Business of Revolution, Dr. Thomas Young, Josiah and Mary Bartlett, Richard Henry Lee, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, and more., (Order No: 6976 ), $15.00
29. Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WHOSE GRAVES HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE MARKER OF THE SOCIETY, Published by the Society, Boston, MA, 1901, 68pp, good+, gray cloth (hardcover), Nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 49423 ), $35.00
30. Miller, Lillian B. (text by), THE DYE IS NOW CAST: THE ROAD TO AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, 1774-1776, Smithsonian Institution Pr., Washington, D.C., (1976) 2nd ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 328pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Focuses on portraits and biographies of the men and women who influenced the events leading to the American Revolution. It extends the historical coverage set forth in the exhibition of the same title held at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington in 1975., (Order No: 38412 ), $15.00
31. Palmer, R. R., THE WORLD OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1971) 1st US, B&W frontis, 282pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The author studies the European world before 1789, gives a history of the French Revolution in France itself, and then explores its monumental impact on European society., (Order No: 16456 ), $6.50
32. Pearsall, Thomas I., NORTH HAVEN IN THE REVOLUTION, North Haven Bicentennial Com, North Haven, CT, (1976), 92pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), In this collection of articles on the Revolutionary period, the author's intent is to shed some light upon the lives of those early residents of rural North Haven, Connecticut, who waged a long and bitter struggle to throw off a tyranny they could no longer tolerate., (Order No: 40483 ), $35.00
33. Pearson, Kenneth (introduction by); Hamilton, C. D. (foreword by), 1775 THE BRITISH STORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, 1976, B&W illustrations, 231pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0723001472 Catalogue of the exhibition held 14 April to 2 October 1976 to celebrate the US bicentennial in the UK., (Order No: 48433 ), $5.00
34. Piltz, Thomas (editor), 1776-1976: TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF GERMAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS, Heinz Moos Verlag, Munchen, (1975), 391 ill. and plates, 188pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 3787900926 America has had a great influence on Germany and the Federal Republic. This bilingual publication offers an overview of the cross currents-the give and take-that have affected nearly all areas of private and public life in both lands. Through text, illustrations and photographs, the book depicts the most notable milestones of these interrelationships., (Order No: 10451 ), $7.50
35. Powell, Wm. H. (Colonel, US Army) (compiled from the official records by), LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1779 TO 1900, L. R. Hamersly & Co., New York, 1900, 863pp, ads, very good, blue/green cloth (hardcover) light fading to cloth, "Embracing a Register of all Appointments by the President of the United States in the Volunteer Service During the Civil War and of Volunteer Officers in the Service of the United States June 1, 1900." Includes General Officers of the Continental Army of the Revolution, and Appointments 1861-65., (Order No: 50815 ), $250.00
36. Richmond, Robert P., POWDER ALARM 1774, Auerbach Publishers Inc., Princeton, NJ, (1971) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 118pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0877690731 The author re-creates General Gage's move against the Charlestown powderhouse and examines its immediate and long-range effects., (Order No: 43169 ), $10.00
37. Rowe, Robert H., QUEST FOR LIBERTY, Peter E. Randall Publisher, Portsmouth, NH, 2001, 216pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, ISBN 0914339923 "An historical novel chronicling the beginning of the Revolutionary War through the experiences of two men from Amherst, New Hampshire, one a warrior, the other a pacifist.", (Order No: 50350 ), $15.00
38. Selby, John, THE ROAD TO YORKTOWN, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1976), B&W illustrations, 214pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) bce, (Order No: 23636 ), $3.00
39. Shafer, Robert E., THE REDEMPTIONER: A DRAMA OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN 4 ACTS, Robert E. Shafer, n.p., (1964), 62pp, very good, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, Scenes, action and dialogue of this Revolutionary War drama are based on historic fact., (Order No: 44661 ), $15.00
40. Smith, Dwight L. (editor); Simmerman, Terry A. (assistant editor); Morris, Richard B. (introduction), ERA OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: A BIBLIOGRAPHY, ABC - Clio Press, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, (1975), 381pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0874361788 Selective bibliography of 1400 abstracts of articles published worldwide from 1954 through 1973., (Order No: 37275 ), $25.00
41. Smith, Samuel Abbot, WEST CAMBRIDGE 1775 - THIRD EDITION, Arlington Historical Society, Arlington, MA, 1974, 68pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "The dramatic account of the events that took place in Arlington - Menotomy, on the first day of the American Revolution - where more troops were engaged, and more casualties suffered than in Lexington or Concord." A facsimile of the original 1864 edition which was an address presented, and published by Alfred Mudge & Sons., (Order No: 49073 ), $15.00
42. Stout, Neil R., THE PERFECT CRISIS: THE BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, New York University Press, New York, 1976, B&W ill., maps, 206pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0814777740 In this important new look at the beginning of the revolutionary war, the author focuses on the period between the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Lexington as the critical turning point in the rebellion and uncovers the campaigns of propaganda and terrorism and the political movements toward representative government in the colonies prior to April 19, 1775, to reveal a nation already in a state of civil war., (Order No: 18736 ), $14.50
43. Sullivan, Joseph T. P. (edited by), THE SHERIFF'S JURY AND THE BICENTENNIAL JANUARY 30, 1976, Second Panel Sheriff's Jury, New York, (1976), B&W ill., color frontis, 184pp, very good+, blue cloth, teg (hardcover) no slipcase, New York City in the colonial period and the American Revolution., (Order No: 30117 ), $12.50
44. Warwick, Charles F., MIRABEAU AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, George W. Jacobs & Company, Philadelphia, (1905), 16 B&W ill., 483pp, good+, green cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 9978 ), $12.50
45. Wells, Peter, THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, Funk & Wagnalls, New York, (1967) 1st Amer, 232pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 9147 ), $10.00
46. Wilson, Ruth Mack (with the assistance of Kate Van Winkle Keller), CONNECTICUT'S MUSIC IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ERA, Amer Rev. Bicentennial Comm., Hartford, CT, 1979 1st ptg, B&W ill., music examples, 142pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0918676177 Published by The American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut. A systematic study of Connecticut's early musical life., (Order No: 35234 ), $15.00