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Benn Pitman, editor. The Trials for Treason at Indianapolis, Disclosing the Plans for Establishing a North-Western...
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Benn Pitman, editor. The Trials for Treason at Indianapolis, Disclosing the Plans for Establishing a North-Western Confederacy. Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1865.First edition. Octavo. 340; [10] advertisements pages. Frontispiece.
Printed wrappers. Wrappers soiled and toned with a small area of scuffing at the top edge of the front cover. Former owner's name in ink on the front cover. The same signature appears on page 21. Contents sound.
A collection of court reports from the trials of prominent mid-western Confederate sympathizers. Among those arraigned in Indianapolis for treason were William A. Bowles, L.P. Milligan, Andrew Humphreys, H. Heffren and Stephen Horsey, whose portraits appear on the frontispiece. Benn Pitman was the recorder to the military commission.
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2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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