INSCRIBED
Memoirs of a Maryland Volunteer. War With Mexico, in 1846-48.
Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott & Co, 1873.
Price: $300.00
About the item
521 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED. Original green cloth, decorated in black and gilt. Some wear at joints and head, else fine Bookplate of James Torr Harmer. Not in Sabin, Howes or Streeter.
Item #241555
By the act of May 13, 1846 the President was authorized to recruit volunteers to serve for a year or during this war (Preface). Kenly met Polk, volunteered to put together a company of volunteers from Baltimore and after this was accomplished was made a Captain in the Volunteer company known as "Baltimore's Own." The text is from his journal made during the war.
Inscribed "To Edmund Law Rogers/ with the regards of/ John R. Kenly/ Balto. Jan. 18, 1873." Rogers was a prominent Baltimorean.
