REVIEW OF THE TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE THE GENERAL COURT MARTIAL, UPON THE MILITARY TRIAL OF BRIG. GENERAL GEORGE TALCOTT, IN JUNE AND JULY, 1851; AND OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURT. BY A COUNSELLOR AT LAW. TO WHICH IS APPENDED A COPY OF THE RECORD OF THE TRIAL.
Albany: Joel Munsell, 1851. Disbound and stitched. 46, 112pp. Title and last leaf somewhat dustsoiled, else a generally clean and Very Good text.
"Attribution from the Munsell Catalogue." Sabin. In November 1850 Talcott "wrote a letter, without the sanction of the secretary of war, containing instructions to Col. Benjamin Huger, commandant of the arsenal at Fort Monroe, regarding the purchase of ammunition. Upon this authority Col. Huger entered into a contract for the purchase of a large amount of shot and shells. For this offence Gen. Talcott was tried by court-martial, found guilty and dismissed from the service." Appleton's. Many people, including Spencer, were outraged, Spencer asserting that never in military history had an officer of Talcott's rank been dismissed over such charges. Noting Spencer's authorship of this item and summarizing his argument, Appleton's says, "the question probably arose from a misunderstanding which might have been amicably settled."
FIRST EDITION. VI Appleton's 24. Munselliana p.48. II Harv. Law Cat. 1203. Marke 976. 561 NUC 0810433 [10]. Item #16974
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