Sketches of Some of the First Settlers of Upper Georgia, of the Cherokees, and the Author

by George R. Gilmer

$2,500 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

First edition · Signed

New York: D. Appleton, 1855. First edition. 8vo. 587 pp. Portrait, map; publisher's 4-page catalogue. Gilmer 1790-1859 served two terms as Governor of Georgia, 1829-1831, when two important United States Supreme Court decisions, Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia and Worcester vs. Georgia, were decided, and 1837-1839, when the tragic Trail of Tears events took place. This copy inscribed by Gilmer on the dedication leaf Presented to George H. Chrisman / by the

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