Author: Jennings, F. B.
Title: Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Catamount Monument at Bennington, June 23rd, 1897
Description: Bennington, VT: s.n. 1897. First edition; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2; pp. 20; textured brick red wraps printed in black; closed cut along spine; edges of wraps a bit brittle with a thin strip chipped off fore-edge of back cover; internally clean; overall very good-. A beautiful speech delivered at the dedication of the Catamount Monument - a granite and copper statue - in Bennington, VT marking the site of the famed Catamount Tavern. In fact, there had been not one but three monuments erected and mentioned in the speech the other two placed in a neighboring churchyard overlooking the graves of soldiers fallen during the Battle of Bennington and on a hill marking the spot where General Stark had camped the day before the infamous battle. The only copy in the trade. Ill.: 0. 2.

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