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MILLARD FILLMORE

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Political Memorabilia Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
MILLARD FILLMORE
(1800 - 1874) Thirteenth President of the United States who succeeded to the presidency upon the death of Taylor. His ownership signature "Millard Fillmore Feby. 23, 1865." on the title page of Robert Patterson's book, A Narrative of the Campaign in the Valley of the Shenandoah in 1861. (Philadelphia: Sherman & Co., Printers, 1865), 128pp. 8vo., bound in blind-embossed cloth boards. Inscribed by the author to Fillmore on the half-title page: "For His Excellency Millard Fillmore with the respectful compliments of R Patterson." ROBERT PATTERSON (1792 - 1881) was a major general during the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. During the onset of the latter, he commanded a brief engagement with "Stonewall" Jackson at the Battle of Hoke's Run and produced an early Union victory. His inability to contain a smaller Confederate army under General Joseph E. Johnston was a cause for the Union Army's defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Shortly after the battle, Patterson was honorably discharged. Front board loose, spine cracked, pages mostly quite clean and in very good condition overall.