Demeritt, Emma W. Law. The Alarm: A Narrative of the British Invasion of Connecticut, 1777; Drawings and Fotos by W. F. Weed. New Canaan, Connecticut: John E. Hersam, Printer and Publisher | The Advertiser Press, 1910. Limited Edition. One of 1,000 copies. [9219]
Stiff printed paper wrapper over card, a couple of narrow tape stains, 48 clean text pp., end papers foxed, old cloth tape repair to end paper hinges. 12 pp. of local advertising.
Cover title: The Alarm: How one Philip Lester carried the same from His home in Saugatuck to Ridgefield by way of Canaan Parish At the time of the Burning of Danbury and of His Perilous Adventure with the British after The Battle of Ridgefield, A.D., 1777.
Also includes Charles H. Crandall's poem about this historic event, "The Red Wave."
Published to raise funds for the New Canaan public library.
"This little book should tend to deepen the interest in, and definitely locate an important event in Connecticut history." - William Hanford Burr.