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W T Harvey wrote:
> 
> Napoleon Marache is generally credited with being the first chess editor
> in the US ("Wilkes' Spirit of the Times", 1846) as well as a noted
> problemist in his own right.  In 1866, he served as Paul Morphy's
> personal secretary.
> 
> Here are some problems from the 1866 book, "Marache's Manual of Chess"
> which may well be the oldest American chess problems known, at least of
> this caliber.
> 
> a) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_01.jpg  White mates
> in 3.
> 
> b) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_02.jpg  White mates
> in 3.
> 
> c) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_03.jpg  White mates
> in 4.
> 
> d) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_04.jpg  White mates
> in 4.
> 
> e) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_05.jpg  White mates
> in 5.
> 
> Solutions in their entirety are located at the top of
> http://www.geocities.com:80/~wtharvey/prodex.html


Here are some more chess puzzles from the first chess problemist/editor
in the US:  Napoleon
Marache (c.1866).

f) http://www.geocities.com/~wtharvey/jun271.jpg White mates in 4.

g) http://www.geocities.com/~wtharvey/jun272.jpg White moves and draws.

h) http://www.geocities.com/~wtharvey/jun273.jpg White mates in 3.

i) http://www.geocities.com/~wtharvey/jun274.jpg White mates in 4.

j) http://www.geocities.com/~wtharvey/jun275.jpg White mates in 5.

Solutions in their entirety are found at the to ot
http://www.geocities.com/~wtharvey/prodex.html