The Natural History of Secession; or, Despotism and Democracy at Necessary, Eternal, Exterminating War

by Thomas Shepard Goodwin

$350 · Offered by Back Creek Books

First edition

New York: John Bradburn Successor to M. Doolady , 1864. First Edition. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 328 pages. Laid into this volume is the author's handwritten letter, from Skowhegan, Maine, to Hon. H. Hamlin --presumably Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin, also of Maine. The purpose of the letter is to present the book to Hamlin, asking him to not be at trouble to answer this

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