Oct 21, 2004 - Sale 2018

Sale 2018 - Lot 60

Price Realized: $ 150
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 150
(CANADA.) Trial of Alexander M'Leod, for the Murder of Amos Durfee. 32 pages. 8vo, disbound; foxed. New York, 1841

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"In 1837 an attempted insurrection in Canada was put down, and the group fled to an American island in the Niagara River. A small steamer, the Caroline, brought provisions to them, and the British sent out a force to destroy it, which they did, killing Amos Durfee in the effort"--McDade 662 (quoted from 660); Howes M157; Sabin 43531; TPL 2469.