ARNOLD AND OTHER POEMS

by J. R Orton

$150 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

First edition

New York: Partridge & Brittan, 1854. First edition. 12mo. 144 pp. Original blind stamped brown cloth, with gilt lettering and decorations on spine. Mostly historical verse, including a short poem on Andrew Jackson. The bulk of the book 100 pages is the long verse drama Arnold, on Benedict Arnold. With an ink presentation inscription from the author to Francis H. Smith. Orton was an American poet, physician, and miscellaneous writer. He was born in

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