Eulogy, of the Late Hon. Wm. Jay ... Delivered on the Invitation of the Colored Citizens of New York City

by Frederick Douglass

$8,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

32pp. 8vo. Publisher's wrappers. Dampstained. Lib. Co. Afro-Americana 3228. Not in Blockson. Item #372444 On Thursday evening, 12 May 1859, a large audience gathered at New York City’s Shiloh Presbyterian Church to honor the memory of William Jay, aprominent judge, author, and abolitionist, who had died on 14 October 1858. 'This was peculiarly, though not exclusively, a meeting ofcolored citizens,' reported Frederick Douglass’

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