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MARCELLUS HARTLEY: A Brief Memoir, by Marcellus Hartley- 1903- Printed Privately, New York (The De Vinne Press)- ORIGINAL 1903 FIRST PRINTING- This is NOT an ex-library book and it is NOT a reprint edition- BINDING is ORIGINAL 3/4 LEATHER with green marbled boards and green marbled end papers, RAISED BANDS on spine with titles in GOLD (all gold present and with LUSTER); TEG; binding and text are very neat, clean and solid, VG+, probably better, with NO extraneous writings or bookplates. Overall, an EXCELLENT COLLECTOR COPY of the fairly UNCOMMON ORIGINAL 1903 PRINTING... the life history of MARCELLUS HARTLEY, the man selected by Secretary of War Stanton as CHIEF PURCHASING AGENT of CIVIL WAR ARMS and MUNITIONS and the founder of the 'UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY', manufacturers of the FIRST METALLIC CARTRIDGES ever made, 'THE BRIDGEPORT GUN IMPLEMENT COMPANY', and later reorganized and owned 'THE REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY'... From the Preface: '. The LIFE of Mr. Hartley was mainly passed in MERCANTILE PURSUITS; aside from his files of business letters, he kept no journal and preserved no account of one of the MOST INTERESTING PERIODS of his CAREER-- that which he spent in PROCURING ARMS and EQUIPMENT for the TROOPS called into SERVICE during the OPENING MONTHS of the CIVIL WAR... The PORTRAITS in this VOLUME represent Mr. Hartley at DIFFERENT PERIODS. The FRONTISPIECE is an exquisite PHOTOGRAVURE taken about 1896, usually REGARDED as his BEST PICTURE...' Chapter headings include: 1. Birth, Parentage, and ANCESTRY; 2. The Beginning of a Career; 3. WORK for the CAUSE of the UNION 1862-1864; 4. EXPANSION of BUSINESS After the CIVIL WAR; 5. Home and Family Life; 6. Last Years and a FOUR-PART APPENDIX. 149 deckle-edged pages ILLUSTRATED with 6 PRISTINE, INLAID PHOTOGRAVURES with titled TISSUE-GUARDS along with EXTENSIVE APPENDIX including EXTRACTS from Mr. Hartley’s CORRESPONDENCE DURING THE CIVIL WAR… Overall, an EXCELLENT COLLECTOR COPY of the fairly UNCOMMON ORIGINAL 1903 PRINTING...
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