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Eastern Kentucky papers ; the founding of Harman's Station, with an account of the Indian captivity of Mrs. Jennie Wiley and the exploration and settlement of the Big Sandy valley in the Virginias and Kentucky, to which is affixed a brief account of the Connelly family and some of its collateral and related families in America
by William Elsey Connelley
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/none as issued
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Torch Press, 1910. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good +/none as issued. A very good plus signed edition, warmly inscribed on laid in sheet pasted to front hinge. Also laid in is a typed letter from the author dated December 25th, 1910. Red cloth boards, deckled fore edge. One rubbed corner, lower rear. 177 p. front., illus., plates, ports., maps. Octavo. Kentucky History To 1792 (Johnson County)
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- Title
- Eastern Kentucky papers ; the founding of Harman's Station, with an account of the Indian captivity of Mrs. Jennie Wiley and the exploration and settlement of the Big Sandy valley in the Virginias and Kentucky, to which is affixed a brief account of the Connelly family and some of its collateral and related families in America
- Author
- William Elsey Connelley
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- none as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Torch Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- - Wiley, Jennie (Sellards),--Mrs.,---1831 - Indian captivities - Kentucky--History--To 1792 - Johnson County (Ky.)--History - Harmon's Station (Ky.) - Connelly family
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