[Biography] Dorsey, Sarah A. Recollections of Henry Watkins Allen: brigadier-general Confederate States army, ex-governor of Louisiana New York : M. Doolady; J.A. Gresham, New Orleans, 1866. First edition. 8vo. 420 pp, frontis. Rebound in maroon cloth with original backstrip laid down. Signature at trop of title 'Chatham / T. EW. Ligon' (Governor Thomas Watkins Ligon, Governor of Maryland 1853-1857), name in pencil tipped in 'M. T. Ligon' (Mary Tolley Dorsey Ligon) (Goveror Thomas W. Ligon's second wife), the subject of this book Governor Henry Watkins Allen of Louisiana was a 1st cousin to Governor Thomas Watkins Ligon of Maryland.

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