Item #55443 Letter of Samuel Haines, Esquire, in vindication of himself against the unfounded and slanderous charges of Capt. John B. Walbach, which prevented his appointment as a Major in the New Army. Samuel Haines.

Letter of Samuel Haines, Esquire, in vindication of himself against the unfounded and slanderous charges of Capt. John B. Walbach, which prevented his appointment as a Major in the New Army

[Portsmouth, N.H.?]: printed for the author, 1812. First edition, 8vo, pp. 23, [1]; uncut; stitched, as issued; very good. With an inscription by Haines at the top of the title page: "Presented to John Porter Esquire, by the author." Dated in type on p. 17: "Portsmouth, May 20, 1812." As attorney, Haines had acted on behalf of parents retrieving their under-age sons from the Army at Fort McClary. Haines assails Walbach for acting improperly in requiring a substitute and payment of money for the soldier's release, for circulating slanders which prevented Haines from obtaining a commission, and for being a foreigner serving British interests in 1808-10. Not in American Imprints; AAS and US Army War College only in OCLC. Item #55443

Price: $400.00

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