THE LIFE, TRAVELS AND OPINIONS OF BENJAMIN LUNDY, INCLUDING THE JOURNEYS TO TEXAS AND MEXICO, WITH A SKETCH OF CONTEMPORARY [sic] EVENTS, AND A NOTICE OF THE REVOLUTION IN HAYTI….

Philadelphia: William D. Parrish, 1847. 316pp. Frontis. portrait of Lundy. Hand colored folding map. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, title in gilt on spine. First edition. Externally, binding shows rubbing. Internally, moderate to heavy foxing. A short diagonal tear to the map has been mended with acid-free archival tape.  Overall, a good, sound copy. Clark: Travels in the Old South III, 66: “Contains Lundy’s journal kept on his second and third journeys to Texas, 1833-34 and 1834-35, in search of suitable places for the colonization of freed slaves. On the second trip his route was by steamboat from Cincinnati to Nashville, thence to Memphis and New Orleans, and by sea to Brazoria; on foot to San Felipe; to San Antonio de Bexar, where he worked at his trade of saddler while planning a colonization scheme, August-October 1833, and to Monclava, where he remained until January 1834. The third journey began at Nashville, from which he went by steamboat to New Orleans, back up the Mississippi and Red River to Natchitoches…On each of these tours he kept day-to-day accounts of his itinerary and activities. There are also some excellent descriptions of Texas.” Streeter: Bibliography of Texas 1169:  “…is a most interesting Texas book because of Lundy’s three journeys to Texas in 1832, 1833, and 1834 to secure a colonization grant. Lundy was a keen observer and his journeys refers to many of the prominent Texans.” Earle compiled this book “partly from letters written by Lundy to a friend, and partly from his publications and other sources.”