YATES, Richard
Speech of Hon. Richard Yates, Delivered at Elgin, Ill. On the Fourth Day of July, A.D. 1865. [As Reported for the Chicago Press.] N.p.: n.p., [1865].8vo (244 x 166 mm). 8pp., single folded sheet. FIRST EDITION of Yates' speech in which he presents arguments in favor of civil rights ("each man is not superior or inferior to any other man") and universal suffrage ("it is the great elevator of the masses"). RARE: according to online records, only one copy of this speech has appeared on the market in 80 years. Monaghan 832.
