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Title: The Papers of Captain Rufus Lincoln of Wareham Mass. - with mathematics copy book Author: Lincoln, Rufus Place: No place Publisher: Privately Printed Date: 1904 Description: [viii], 272 pp. Unbound signatures. (8vo) 26x18 cm (10¼x7"). First Edition. Also includes a 38 leaf manuscript copy book, largely mathematics, bearing several names from the family of Capt. Rufus Lincoln, including Rufus Lincoln, Hannah Lincoln (his sister) and Rufus Lincoln, Jr. of Wareham on several leaves. The copy book is in old marbled boards with a new morocco spine. Rufus Lincoln (1751-1838) served as a Captain in the War for American Independence and was an early member of Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati. Lot Amendments Condition: Unbound sheets with some wear to the edges; copy book chipped at page edges, lacking several leaves; very good. Item number: 263694