Library : Books, Articles, Clippings Etc.
Title:
Society of the Arcmy of the Cumberland, Sixteenth Reunion, Rochester, NY, September 1884
Accession#:
2008.09.24
Pubication Date:
1885
Object ID:
BK—0307
Collection:
College of Life Foundation — Book Collection
Author:
The Order of the Society
Summary:
SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. Society of the Army of the Cumberland, Sixteenth Reunion, Rochester, New York, 1884.
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke, 1885. 282 pp. 8vo. Original dark green cloth stamped in blind and gilt with title and badge, beveled edges, top edge gilt (hardback). First edition. bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown, shelf sticker on foot of backstrip, their stamp on title page, otherwise crisp and clean. ¶ Presentation copy from the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. Illus. with frontis engraving of Captain W.H. Nelson from a photograph by Matthew Brady and a color reproduction of the Society badge. Includes minutes, addresses and orations, in Memoriam, banquet, letters, constitution, by—laws, and list of members.
Original dark green cloth stamped in blind and gilt with title and badge, beveled edges, top edge gilt (hardback). First edition. Extremities rubbed, small nick to spine else a very good copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown, shelf sticker on foot of backstrip, their stamp on title page, otherwise crisp and clean. ¶ Presentation copy from the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. Illus. with frontis engraving of Captain W.H. Nelson from a photograph by Matthew Brady and a color reproduction of the Society badge. Includes minutes, addresses and orations, in Memoriam, banquet, letters, constitution, by—laws, and list of members.
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Notes:
Sixteenth reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland : Rochester, N.Y., 1884. — This book belonged to L.B. Welton and it has pencilled writing inside the front cover.
Object Name:
Book
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
People:
Welton, L.B.
Phys Desc:
SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. Society of the Army of the Cumberland, Sixteenth Reunion, Rochester, New York, 1884.
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke, 1885. 282 pp. 8vo. Original dark green cloth stamped in blind and gilt with title and badge, beveled edges, top edge gilt (hardback). First edition. Extremities rubbed, small nick to spine else a very good copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown, shelf sticker on foot of backstrip, their stamp on title 282 pp. 8vo.
Publisher:
Robert Clarke & Company
Publication Place:
Cincinnati:
Subjects:
United States——History——Civil War, 1861—1865——Societies.
United States——History——Civil War, 1861—1865——Regimental histories.
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