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CHILD, Lydia Maria (1802-1880). Henry A. Wise (1806-1876). Maria Jefferson Carr Randolph Mason (1826-1902). Correspondence between Lydia Maria Child and Gov. Wise and Mrs. Mason of Virginia. Boston: The American Anti-Slavery Society, 1860. Provenance: Burlington, Iowa Public Library (stamp).

8vo. Original wrappers (toned, light spotting, some pencil notations).

FIRST EDITION series of anti-slavery statements in letters written by abolitionist and reformer Lydia Maria Child to Governor Henry Wise of Virginia and a Virginia woman on the occasion of John Brown's raid and arrest. Includes correspondence from all three as well as a letter from Brown requesting financial aid. 

[With:] HAMILTON, Andrew Jackson (1815-1875). Lorenzo Sherwood (1808-1869). Henry O'Reilly, editor. Origin and Objects of the Slaveholders' Conspiracy Against Democratic Principles. New York: Baker & Godwin, 1862.

8vo. Original publisher's yellow wrappers (light dampstaining, some pencil notations). Provenance: Burlington, Iowa Public Library (stamp).

FIRST EDITION collection of speeches by Texan politician Andrew Jackson Hamilton. Prior to the war, Hamilton was elected as an Independent Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives from western Texas, where he worked to address the growing rift between North and South. He did not seek reelection but did serve in the State Senate in 1860. He fled to Mexico, however, after death threats spurred by his pro-Union sentiments. He was named Military Governor of Texas by Lincoln in late 1862, a position he held through the war in New Orleans. After the conclusion of hostilities, President Johnson named Hamilton the provisional governor of Texas which he held for 14 months during the early days of Reconstruction. Sabin 29996, 57592. Together 42 pamphlets, 8vo, all FIRST EDITION, many with provenance from the Burlington, Iowa Public Library, condition generally very good.

[Also with:] [CLARKE, James F. (1810-1888)]. Secession, Concession, or Self-Possession: Which? Boston: Walker, Wise, and Company, 1861. Sabin 13417. -- OWEN, Robert Dale (1801-1877). Emancipation is Peace. [New York]: Loyal Publication Society, [1861-1862]. -- DRISLER, Henry (1818-1897). "Bible View of Slavery, By John H. Hopkins, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont," Examined. New York: C.S. Wescott & Co., 1863. Sabin 20955. -- HUNT, Ezra Mundy (1830-1894). The War and Its Lessons. New York: F. Somers, 1862. RARE, OCLC locates 2 copies. Sabin 33845. -- HENNINGSEN, Charles Frederick (1815-1877). Letter from Gen. C.F. Henningsen, in Reply to the Letter of Victor Hugo on the Harper's Ferry Invasion. New York: Davies & Kent, 1860. RARE, OCLC locates 2 copies. Sabin 31378.