April 12, 2024
MASSACHUSETTS CHARLES SUMNER BEATING ABOLITIONIST ANTI-SLAVERY IMPRINT FIRST ED
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WE OFFER SPEECH OF HON. ANSON BURLINGAME, OF MASSACHUSETTS: THE DEFENCE OF MASSACHUSETTS 1856 Published at Boston by John P. Jewett and Company, 1856 FIRST EDITION ., Extremely scarce in the original soft black gold embossed wrap Portrait, 8vo, 33pp. The famous book reference Sabin #9333 describes the 1st edition as a 33 page pamphlet. And, this is the first edition. A very good accounting of the reaction to the beating ( or the caning) by Senator Brooks of South Carolina assualt on Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts. With a good account of Congressman Burlingame's belief that South Carolina contributed almost nothing to the American Revolution. Accounts of the bloodshed in the Kansas Territory, the slave-holders of the south, and that slavery is gradually spreading into the western territories. Very good, title page and a few pages light foxing, no odors. [ All titles offered on the net are modern day reprints, we offer the first edition of the work ]. NOTE: We will gladly combine your winning items into one shipment to save you postage costs. A FRIENDLY NOTE ON SHIPPING Please note that I ship items as quickly as I can, we have a packing room all set up for me., I am a bit disabled from arthritis., some days are good, some days are not so good. There are times I cannot manage to pack up the winning orders, so there
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