The Prize Or The Story Of George Benson And Wm Sandford

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First edition

Newburyport: Charles Whipple, 1824. First edition of this Newburyport-printed tale of the theft of a melon and the resulting punishment for the thief, published by active abolitionist Charles Whipple. Very good. Item #44945 Publisher Charles Whipple was an active member of the Massachusetts abolitionist movement. According to correspondence held by the Boston Public Library, Whipple was a member of the Essex County

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