Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia 1782. First printing of original manuscript. - $10 - (New Bern, NC)

[Orr, Lucinda (Lee)]. Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia 1782. Baltimore: John Murphy and Co., 1871. 56 pages. Small quarto. 23 cm. Edited by Emily V. Mason. First edition. Published for the benefit of the Lee memorial association of Richmond. Original pebble grained cloth, with damping to inner margin of text block and some staining to cloth boards. The first printing of an original manuscript. This copy withdrawn from the rare book room of the University of Virginia. A fascinating view of life in Virginia around the time of the American Revolution written while on a visit to her relatives, the Lees, Washingtons, and other families of Lower Virginia. HAYNES: VIRGINIANA, 13484.

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