The American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1863
Volume III. Embracing Political, Civil, Military, and Social Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture and Mechanical Industry New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1868.
Hardcover. Quarto. iv, 865 pages. Illustrated with maps. Hardcover. Dark leather spine and corners with marbled paper covered boards. 5 raised bands, gilt stamped decorations and title on spine. Reddish marbled end sheets and text edges. Edge wear to the boards. Leather is dry and rubbed head and base of spine and corners. Marbled paper shelf worn. Scattered spots and light toning to text. Presentation label on the front paste down - "Presented to the Young Men's Library Association by Mrs. J. R. Lamar From the Library of Justice Lamar January, 1917." Address label of E. Merton Coulter pasted down in the upper left corner of the front paste down. Civil War era contents of the Cyclopaedia include Union Army Operations with a map and an account of the attack on Fort Wagner outside Charleston that involved the 54th Massachusetts Regiment of African Americans. Good. Item #11635
Joseph Rucker Lamar, 1857-1916, was an Associate Justice to the United States Supreme Court up until his death from 1911-1916. His cousin was Lucius Lamar of Georgia also an Associate Justice. Justice Lamar was born in Elbert County, Georgia and practiced law in Augusta, Georgia. He was appointed to the Court by President Taft.
E. Merton Coulter was a professor at the University of Georgia. He was a Georgia historian and author of several books and articles dealing with southern history.
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