[POTTER, WOODBURNE] The War in Florida: Being an Exposition of its Causes, and an Accurate History of the Campaigns of Generals Clinch, Gaines and Scott.
Baltimore; Lewis and Coleman, 1836. Original publisher's plum floral cloth in modern cloth slipcase and chemise. 7 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches (19 x 11 cm); viii, 184 pp.; three folding maps. Spine worn at head and foot, minor soiling, front hinge cracked at endpaper and barely holding, short tear into map from stub (repaired), internally a clean copy.

"Unsparingly critical of Jackson, Jesup, and the Secretary of War"--Howes. The maps are "A Map of the Seat of War in Florida, 1836" and plans of the "Battle and Massacre Ground of Major Dade and Command Dec. 28th 1835" and "Camp Izard on the Ouithlacooche River Reb. 29, 1836." Potter was a former United States officer who was wounded at Camp Izard. Howes P-515, Sabin 64673, Streeter II: 1236.

C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

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