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Lot 236
Sale 503 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Sep 13, 2017
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[CHASE, Philander] - Samuel CHASE
Malignity Exposed; or a Vindication of Bishop Chase against the malicious accusations of an anonymous pamphlet, printed in Ann-Street, N.Y. New York: Stanford and Swords, 1847.8vo (229 x 146 mm). 47pp. (Scant spotting.) ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS. (Some light chipping.) Philander Chase, who was the founder of Kenyon College in Ohio, founded Jubilee College near Peoria Illinois in 1839. The college faced financial difficulties and closed within a decade; Samuel replies to an anonymous author who issued a posthumous attack on Philander regarding the College's property rights. RARE: according to online records, no copy of this pamphlet has appeared at auction. Sabin 12208.
