The Life of Israel Putnam, Major-General in the Army of the American Revolution, by William Cutter, 1859

Cutter, William. The Life of Israel Putnam, Major-General in the Army of the American Revolution, Compiled from the Best Authorities. New York: Derby & Jackson, 1859. Later printing. Octavo. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece and plates. Rebound in 1/4 brown leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt titles, and gilt tooling. New archival cloth slipcase.  Presented is an 1859 printing of The Life of Israel Putnam, Major-General in the Army of the American Revolution by William Cuttler. First published in 1847, this is an interesting and well researched biography of the Revolutionary General who gave the famous order of “don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.” It was published in New York by Derby & Jackson in 1859. The book is illustrated with engraved frontispiece and plates. It is presented rebound in 1/4 brown leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt titles, and gilt tooling.  Cuttler’s The Life of Israel Putnam offers a thorough picture of th