The Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence by N. Dwight, 1860

Dwight, Nathaniel. The Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. New York: A. S. Barnes & Burr, 1860. Later printing. Octavo. Rebound in ¼ leather and cloth boards, with gilt titles, tooling, and raised bands to the spine. With a new archival matching slipcase.  Presented is a later 1860 printing of Nathaniel Dwight’s Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. The book was first published in 1830, under a slightly different title, Sketches of the Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of independence. The book offers a series of biographical sketches about the signers of the Declaration of Independence, presenting a thorough and precise history of the fifty-six men behind one of America's key foundational documents. It is presented here rebound in ¼ leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt titles, and gilt tooling to the spine, and a matching archival brown cloth slipcase.  Each biography in this book is filled with references and interesting