A group of 11 works about General William Tecumseh Sherman, Senator John Sherman, and other prominent family members, all owned by Philemon Tecumseh Sherman and Eleanor Boyle Ewing Sherman. Each with P. Tecumseh Sherman bookplates, except where noted.

Highlighted by: John Sherman. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet. Chicago, etc: The Werner Company, 1895. 2 volumes. Contemporary half calf gilt with marbled boards. LIMITED FIRST SIGNED EDITION No. 655 of 1000 copies. -- Walter L. Fleming. General W.T. Sherman as College President. University Bulletin Louisiana State University. Vol. III, No. 3, Pt. 2. March, 1912. Original wrappers. WITH LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR TO P. TECUMSEH SHERMAN, dated 24 October 1908.

Also of note, is an interesting set of books presented to Mrs. Sherman: William Cothren. History of Ancient Woodbury Connecticut, From the First Indian Deed in 1659 to 1854. Waterbury, Connecticut: Bronson Brothers, 1854. AND Woodbury, Connecticut: William Cothren, 1872. Two copies of Vol. II only. 1854 edition: BOTH INSCRIBED BY ROGER M. SHERMAN TO ELLEN SHERMAN to the title pages: "Mrs. General Sherman with the compliments of Roger M. Sherman". 1872 edition: "Mrs. General Sherman with the compliments of Roger M. Sherman". A presentation from a descendant of Roger Sherman (1721-1793), the Founding Father, and only person to sign all four great state papers of the United States: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. Based in Litchfield County, Connecticut, he was the patriarch of a large family. The inscriber is not his nephew, Roger Minott Sherman (1773-1844), but likely another descendant of the same name a generation removed. The Connecticut Sherman's were distantly related to the Ohio family of General Sherman.

Other works include: Rev. S.A. Bronson. John Sherman; What He Has Said and Done. Columbus, Ohio: H.W. Derby & Co., 1880. Original green cloth. With "W. T. Sherman" bookplate alongside the "P. Tecumseh Sherman" bookplate. -- William T. Sherman. Memoirs of Gen. W.T. Sherman. New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1891. Original green cloth. 2 volumes. -- Theodore E. Burton. John Sherman. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906. Original red cloth gilt. -- P.T. Sherman. General Sherman in the Last Year of the Civil War. An Address delivered at the Thirty-eighth Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at St. Louis, Missouri. New York: Robert Grier Cooke, 1908. Original wrappers With tipped in "compliments of the author" card. -- M.A. DeWolfe Howe, editor. Home Letters of General Sherman. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Original navy cloth. -- B.H. Liddell Hart. Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1929. Original navy cloth. P.T. Sherman ownership signature alongside bookplate.-- Roger Sherman Boardman. Roger Sherman Signer and Statesman. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1938. Original blue cloth. P. T. Sherman ownership signature alongside bookplate.

An interesting collection related to the Sherman family.

Condition: Fleming, wrappers chipped and partially detached. John Sherman, Recollections, boards detached, heavy scuffing. William T. Sherman, Memoirs, volume I inner front joint detached.

PROVENANCE:

The Sherman-Fitch Library

Primarily assembled by General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), the collection of books was inherited and curated by his son, Philemon Tecumseh Sherman (1867-1941). Before his death, Philemon transferred the library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch (1876-1959). Eleanor was the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria "Minnie" Ewing Sherman Fitch (1851-1913). Until now, the Sherman-Fitch library was held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

The library includes a range of diverse material owned by General Sherman that principally relates to the Civil War, American history, and the Sherman family. Many works in the Sherman-Fitch library are historically significant, including General Sherman's annotated copy of Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs, the Sherman family bible, and Barnard's "Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign."

Most examples in the collection are affixed with bookplates that bear both General Sherman's and Philemon's names. In some cases, where General Sherman's ownership was clear, his bookplate was not always affixed. However, books with just Philemon's bookplate were generally acquired after his father's death in 1891. General Sherman’s bookplates were likely added by Philemon after his father’s death. Philemon’s bookplates were placed by Tecumseh Sherman Fitch (1908-1969) after he inherited the library in 1942.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate, Politics, Books, Ephemera]