The Sin of Duelling: A Sermon Preached at Marblehead, on the Fifth of April, 1838:--A Day of Public Fasting and Prayer

by Niles, ark, nthony, askell

$175 · Offered by Back Creek Books

Newburyport: Press of Hiram Tozer, 1838. Wrappers. Octavo. 18 pages. A sermon likely in response to the February 24, 1838 pistol duel between two members of the U.S. Congress, resulting in the death of newly elected Representative Jonathan Cilley of Maine. Cilley had taken to the House floor and made allegations of bribery against a newspaper editor, who in turn dispatched Representative William Graves of Kentucky to

• Binding: Wrappers

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