Stevens, John Austin. The Burgoyne Campaign an Address Delivered on the Battle Field on the One Hundredth Celebration of the Battle of Bemis Heights September 19, 1877. New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Company, 1877. First Edition. [4577]
Printed wrappers, a few chips to the front side, 9 x 6 inches, 43 pp., last few leaves with small marginal chips. Good. Pamphlet.
An informative address describing the campaign and its historical importance.
John Austin Stevens (1795-1874), son of Revolutionary War General Ebenezer Stevens (1751-1823), who fought at Bunker Hill and at Saratoga. John Austin Stevens was a successful businessman and banker, and was a prominent philanthropist.
His interest and studies of the Revolutionary period - especially of the battle at Saratoga - would have been informed by his father having first-hand knowledge of events.