A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM B. IDE: With a Minute and Interesting Account of One of the Largest Emigrating Companies (3000 Miles Over Land), from the East to the Pacific Coast...
Claremont, New Hampshire: Published for the Subscribers, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. "Simeon Ide, in assembling and printing these 'scraps of history' about William Brown Ide, wanted to establish his brother’s place in history. He believed that too much credit and attention had been given to John C. Frémont. For a short-lived period of twenty-two days, William Ide, one of the leaders of the famed Bear Flag Revolt of June 14, 1846, became 'Commander-in-Chief' of the California Republic. Even with its adulatory, self-serving purpose, Simeon’s book contains a wealth of firsthand information on the activities of the Bear Flaggers, the capture of Sonoma and General Mariano Vallejo, establishment of a so-called republic, and the final conquest of California by the United States with the aid of a group of hardened, roughneck volunteers known as the California Battalion under Frémont. In addition, this sextodecimo includes biographical information on the pioneer before his arrival in California, an account of his overland trek from Illinois in 1845 written by his daughter Sarah E. Healey, and information on his life in Tehama County following the conquest. In the final analysis, although motivated by family pride and deep acrimony directed at a more successful self-promoter in Frémont, Simeon’s publication remains as a significant record of the Americanization of California" (Gary F. Kurutz, The Zamorano 80 Collection of Daniel G. Volkmann Jr.).
16mo: 239, [1] p. In a period three-quarter brown morocco over burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles and blind-stamped decorations on the front panel, and marbled endpapers. The embossed stamp of the New England Historic Genealogical Society appears on the half-title, with the unobtrusive remnants of a removed bookplate to the front pastedown. Minor bit of rubbing to the joints and along the extremities; otherwise very good. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. The Zamorano Eighty 45. Very good. Item #75135
Price: $3,000.00