Trenton, NJ: Naar Day & Naar, Printers, 1878.
Price:
$650.00
About the item
17, [1]pp. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth, upper cover lettered in silver, worn.
Item #377926
Mary Amelia Mann Marcy (1812-1878) was the wife of Randolph B. Marcy (1812-1887), the U.S. Army officer and western explorer. The present privately-printed memorial on her life seems to have been written by her son-in-law, George B. McClellan (1826-1885) [see. p. 3]. The work comprises a biography of her life, including "her long experience of remote frontier existence" at Forts Howard and Winnebago, Wisconsin, Fort Gratior, Michigan and Forts Towson and Wachita, Oklahoma. The author notes: "I have given this brief sketch of the experience of Mrs. Marcy on the frontier for the purpose of emphasizing a remarkable trait in her character, and that is, that notwithstanding the rough life she had so long led, she preserved intact that remarkable delicacy and refinement with which nature had gifted her" (p. 11).
Scarce, printed-privately for family and friends, OCLC locates five copies (Rochester Public, Autry Museum, Princeton, Wisconsin Historical, and Columbia).
