Political essays

by Parke Godwin

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First edition

New York: Dix, Edwards & Co., 1856. First edition, 12mo, pp. 6 , 345, 1 , 8 , Dix & Edwards ads dated Sept. 1, 1856; original blindstamped brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine; some cracking of the cloth along the fore-edge; all else very good and sound. A collection of contributions to Putnam's Magazine. Married to the eldest daughter of William Cullen Bryant, Godwin in the 1850s became an ardent abolitionist. Several of his essays here assume a

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