THE CALIFORNIA DIARY OF GENERAL E. D. TOWNSEND
n.p. Ward Ritchie, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 184pp. Illus. Index. Foreword by Edwards. 1851 diary of Townsend, who boarded a steamship & traveled to California & the Pacific Northwest. Townsend would later become the Union Army's Adjutant General. Fine in fine original custom slipcase.