Dec 04, 2003 - Sale 1988

Sale 1988 - Lot 506

Price Realized: $ 920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
ETHAN ALLEN'S CAPTIVITY ACCOUNT [WEST, BENJAMIN.] Russell's American Almanack . . . 1780. Woodcut portrait of Ethan Allen on the title, illustations of eclipse and astrological man within. 11 leaves only (of 12); lacks terminal leaf. 12mo, self-wrappers; some staining, early ink marks. Danvers, MA: E. Russell, [1779]
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Contains an account of Ethan Allen's capture by the British and his travels and sufferings from 1775-78. Also includes an early (first?) printing of the poem "America Invincible." Russell only published this almanac from 1779-81. Although the Allen account states that it was to be continued, it was never completed. Evans 16675; Drake 3293; Phelps 985.