The Life and Times of William Lowndes Yancey: A History of Political Parties in the United States, from 1834 to 1864; Especially as to the Origin of the Confederate States

by John Witherspoon Dubose

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First edition · Signed

Birmingham, AL: Roberts & Son, 1892. First edition. Large 8vo. xiv, 2 , 752 pp. Illustrated, portrait plates. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Laid in is a 2-page autograph letter, signed by Yancey 10 June 1846, written while serving in the United States House of Representatives, expressing pleasure in attempting to secure a high level command in the Mexican War for an unnamed correspondent. Yancey 1814-1863 , in response to the Wilmot

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