Letter to Lemuel Shattuck, Esq. of Boston...in vindication of the claims of Capt. Isaac Davis, of Acton, to his just share in the honors of the Concord fight also, depositions of witnesses, stating the facts on which the claims are founded, and other interesting papers

Boston: Damrell & Moore, printers, 1850. First edition. (9.375" x 5.75"). 24 pp. With folding lithographic map titled "Map of the scene of the Concord fight, in 1775" (Tappan & Bradfords Lith. Boston). In original printed wraps, inscribed at head of front wrap "Ebenezer Barker Esquire/ from his friend/ The Author". Spine split, wraps soiled, with chips lost at spine, corners, and edges; chipping at corners of first few text leaves, a few stray marks in text, which remains fully legible. A Good copy of Adams's response to controversial claims made in Shattuck's town-history of Concord, MA (1835) regarding Acton militiamen in the Battle of Concord. Besides initiating a parochial rivalry between the towns of Acton and Concord, the dispute prompted the recording of numerous first-hand accounts of the battle, several of which Adams presents here. Sabin 334 (Inventory #: 39762)