{"product_id":"1826-andrew-oehler-washington-dc-manuscript","title":"1826 Andrew Oehler Washington DC Manuscript","description":"\u003cp\u003eRare original 1826 handwritten Washington City, District of Columbia legal manuscript evidently associated with Andrew Oehler (also spelled Ohler\/Ochler), the early American adventurer and author of The Life, Adventures, and Unparalleled Sufferings of Andrew Oehler published in 1811.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating Federal-era indenture concerns debts, judgments, real property, and household furnishings in Washington City and appears to document the financial affairs of Oehler during the later years of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript references:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWashington City\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWashington County, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edebts and judgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efurniture and household goods\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econveyance\/security agreements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exceptional piece combining:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eearly Washington D.C. history\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFederal Americana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eliterary\/autobiographical interest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eearly American travel history\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Oehler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Oehler was a fascinating early American figure who published:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Life, Adventures, and Unparalleled Sufferings of Andrew Oehler (1811)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work recounts travels through:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eItaly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Caribbean\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eparts of the United States\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand describes imprisonment in Europe during the Napoleonic era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholarly references describe him as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea Swiss carpenter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etraveler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eballoonist\/showman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esometime soldier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eitinerant adventurer active in the Atlantic world around 1800.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surname spelling variations in your manuscript are normal for the period:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOehler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOhler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOchler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall appear in early 19th-century records.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44600981520462,"sku":"EB-327177407841","price":891.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/8155\/9630\/files\/57_078b1c41-5ecb-4f34-9205-70de4d60a504.jpg?v=1792409001","url":"https:\/\/thearchiveauthority.com\/products\/1826-andrew-oehler-washington-dc-manuscript","provider":"The Archive Authority","version":"1.0","type":"link"}