Romance, Remedies, and Revolution: The Journal of Dr. Elihu Ashley of Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1773-1775 [signed] [first edition]

Amherst, MA: University of Mass. Press, 2007. 1st edition, Inscribed by Riggs on half-title, NF/NF. Book has some wear to spine ends. DJ has some wear to spine ends and some edges. Includes footnotes, biographical sketches of persons named in the journal, seven appendices (includes sources) and index. Journal discusses Deerfield and the nearby towns in the Connecticut River valley. Subject matter involves medical theory and practice, revolutionary politics, farming, his family, his circle of friends and amusements. The town historian buried this fascinating document until recently because he also Ashley also discussed his love life drunkenness and some otheramusements the historian found irrelevant. Very personal read. Nice copy. 450 pp. BP