Lot 54
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. A group of 14 pamphlets related to Bleeding Kansas including slavery, the Lecompton Constitution, and the Stanton-Lane contest, comprising:
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[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. A group of 14 pamphlets related to Bleeding Kansas including slavery, the Lecompton Constitution, and the Stanton-Lane contest, comprising:
HIGGINSON, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911). A Ride Through Kanzas. New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, 1856. -- WASHBURNE, Elihu B. (1816-1887). Kansas-Lecompton Constitution. Speech of Hon. E.B. Washburne, of Illinois. [Washington, D.C.]: Congressional Globe Office, 1858. RARE, OCLC locates 5 copies. -- HARLAN, James (1820-1899). The Lecompton Constitution. Speech of Hon. James Harlan, of Iowa. Washington, D.C.: Buell & Blanchard, 1858. -- DOUGLAS, Stephen A. (1813-1861). Admission of Kansas Under the Wyandott Constitution. Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, in Reply to Mr. Seward and Mr. Trumbull. [Washington, D.C.]: Lemuel Towers, 1860. -- RUGGLES, George A. In the Matter of Contest Between F.P. Stanton and General J.H. Lane, in the Senate of the United States. Washington, D.C.: George S. Gideon, 1861. 2 different printings. -- And 8 others. Together, 14 pamphlets related to the Kansas question, 8vo, all FIRST EDITION except as noted, Provenance: Burlington Public Library, condition generally good.
[With:] WILSON, Henry (1812-1875). Territorial Slave Code. Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts. N.p.: N.p., 1860. -- OWEN, Robert Dale (1801-1877). Emancipation is Peace. [New York]: Loyal Publication Society, [1861-1862]. -- HAMILTON, John C. (1792-1882). The Slave Power: Its Heresies and Injuries to the American People. A Speech of John C. Hamilton. New York: John A. Gray & Green, 1864. -- Together, 3 pamphlets regarding enslavement, 8vo, all FIRST EDITION, Provenance: Burlington Public Library, condition generally good.
Property from the Estate of Henry G. Lamont, Racine, Wisconsin
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