Fine Books and Manuscripts

No. 10. Papers from the Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge. Reply to President Lincoln's Letter of 12th June 1863. N.p.: n.p., [1863]. 8vo (220 x 450 mm). 8pp. Disbound. The Albany Committee's reply to the suspension of Habeas Corpus. SCARCE: online records trace no copy at auction in over 60 years. Monaghan 240; Sabin 69699.[With:]HEERMANS, J. War Power of the President. New York: C.S. Westcott & Co., 1863. 8vo (224 x 145 mm). 10pp. Original wrappers. Published as part of a series on behalf of the Loyal Publication Society (No.32), an organzation founded to distribute pamphlets of "unquestionable and unconditional loyalty" to the Union. Heermans discusses the power of the President to allow "summary imprisonments" and to suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus. Monaghan 188; Sabin 31234.[With:] MASON, Charles. No. 11. Papers from the Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge. The Election in Iowa. N.p.: n.p., n.d.