THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. An Address Read at the Last Meeting of the Manchester Union and Emancipation Society.
London / Manchester: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Stationer's Hall Court / A. Ireland & Co., 1866. First Edition (& 1st printing). Thin octavo, original pebble-grained brick cloth bordered in blind on front & rear panels, gilt lettering on front panel. 96 pp. Two small names and some older bookseller's notes in pencil on front endpaper, light wear to the cloth at extremities, a very good bright clean copy, sound and attractive. Item #314328
¶ Anti-slavery / pro-emancipation speech given at the Manchester Union which notes the end of the Association with the final words "SLAVERY IS DEAD EVERYWHERE AND FOR EVER." A supplementary section includes the 'Report on the Final Meeting of the Union and Emancipation Society' read at the meeting of January 6th, 1866, & notes the end of the association due to the Union victory in the American civil war. An 'Appendix to the report - Proceedings in Reference to the Assassination of President Lincoln at a meeting held in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, April 28th, 1865' prints the complete text of letters sent in condolence to Mrs. Lincoln and to President Andrew Jackson, along with responses from W. Hunter and William H. Seward of the US Department of State. US President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated April 14, 1865, these are all contemporary reports.
Price (CAD): $250.00