Letters of Major Jack Downing of the Downingville Militia

Spurious letters; not by Seba Smith or Charles Augustus Davis. cf. Sabin. Bibl. amer., v. 20, p. 576; Blair, Walter. Native American humor [1937] p. 41 "Entered according to the Act of Congress by Bromley & Co., in the year 1864"--T.p. verso In Monaghan note: Sabin, Bibliotheca Americana, XX, 576, discusses authorship and states that the letters appeared first in Copperhead newspapers CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS TO REACH THIS DOCUMENT Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Fish, D. Lincoln bibliography Book