Speech of Gerrit Smith (To His Neighbors,) In Petersboro, N.Y., June 22d, 1872

by SMITH, Gerrit

$250 · Offered by Between the Covers

[New York?]: 1872. Unbound. First edition. Single leaf folded to make four pages. Fine. Smith excoriates the (then) Democratic Party for not opposing "hell-born Ku-Kluxism" and for refusing to denounce efforts to oppose reconstruction. He defends President Grant on several fronts, and refutes Charles Sumner's contention that Grant has insulted..... More

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