The Lofer War. Being an account of a long & obstinate war, Carried on between the Huddartites & the Lofers, together with some account of that extraordinary People. Compiled by Herman Confucius from fragments found among the papers of the late Peter Confucius, & from the notes of Oroondates Mauran Jr., & a correspondent.
[Hellgate, East River, New York, circa 1835.], A remarkable holograph manuscript by New York writer and man of letters Charles Astor Bristed (1820-1874), written when he was a teenager and under the supervision and care of his famous grandfather, John Jacob Astor - many years prior to his first published.....