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Creator D. Appleton and Company.
Contributor Jocelyn, Albert H., engraver.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, former owner.
Title A remarkable book. Now ready: Journal of Alfred Ely, a prisoner of war in Richmond. : Edited by Charles Lanman. 1 vol., 12mo, illustrated with a steel plate portrait of Alfred Ely, and a wood engraving of the prision at Richmond. Price, $1.00. This work gives a minute account of the adventures in Virginia of the Hon. Alfred Ely, member of Congress from New York, who was captured at the Battle of Bull Run, and confined at Richmond for more than five months as a prisoner of war. .../ D. Appleton & Co., publishers, 443 & 445 Broadway.
Publisher [New York, N.Y. : s.n]
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1862
Date [1862]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 33 x 21 cm.
Notes The Journal of Alfred Ely was published in New York in 1862.
The illustration, signed A.H. Jocelyn N.Y., bears the caption: The prison at Richmond.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Ely, Alfred, 1815-1892. Journal of Alfred Ely, a prisoner of war in Richmond.
Prisons -- Virginia -- Richmond.
Publishers and publishing -- New York (State) -- New York.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Genre Broadsides.
Publishers' advertisements -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1862.
Woodcuts.
Illustrator Jocelyn, Albert H., engraver.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, former owner.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | #Am 1862 D Apple (2)5786.F.51d (McAllister)
Accession number (2) 5786.F.51d (McAllister)

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