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[AMERICANA]. WINTERBOTHAM, W[illiam] (1763-1829). An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies. New York: Tiebout and O’Brien, 1796. 8vos. Illustrated with frontispiece portraits (George Washington, Ben Franklin, William Penn, and Winterbotham) and other plates, including a hand-colored plate of a tobacco plant in volume III. 4 volumes. Bound in contemporary full tree calf, spines tooled in gilt in compartments, two black gilt morocco lettering labels on spines (joints starting, some wear to spines, front board of volume I repaired, hinges starting, text toned, foxed, with some thumbsoiling). Good. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. EACH VOLUME WITH THE OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER, JEREMIAH LOTT. Lott (1758-1822) was a private in the 4th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line under the command of Col. Stephen Moylan. He fought in the battles of Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Chesnut Hill, Monmouth, Stony Point and Eutaw Springs. Despite being wounded 3 times (2 by sword, one by musket ball) he served in the Revolutionary War for 7 years.
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