The late Nicholas Brown wrapper title

by Nicholas Brown

$125 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

First edition

Providence: publisher not identified, 1841. . First edition, small 8vo, pp. 16; self-wrappers, with mourning border on front an back; stitching loosening, else very good. Notices taken mainly from the Providence Journal. Nicholas Brown was a far-sighted scion of a merchant family who made a fortune, first in the maritime trade, then through the control of water-rights in the Blackstone Valley, and later by large-scale investments in Ohio lands. His gift of

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