Life and Times of William Lowndes of South Carolina, 1782-1822

by Mrs. St. Julien Ravenel

$50 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

First edition

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1901. First edition. Small 8vo. viii, 2 , 257 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Lowndes served as a congressman from South Carolina, 1811-1822; Henry Clay in his old age said 'I think the wisest man I ever knew was William Lowndes' ... Lowndes considered his part as one of the 'War Hawks' in bringing on the 'Second War for Independence' his greatest achievement DAB, for a detailed sketch . Very good. Original blue cloth,

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