Author: Conway, Martin F. (1829-1882).
Title: The War a Reactionary Agent: Speech of Hon. M.F. Conway, of Kansas. Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 27, 1863.
Description: N.p. 1863. 1863. - sc Octavo. Printed self-wraps bound with cream cord. 15 pages. The first & last leaves are detached and the remaining leaves are almost detached. The page edges are slightly darkened. A number of page corners are lightly bumped & there are some tiny pinholes & soiling to page 15. Good reading copy.

Martin Franklin Conway was a U.S. congressman, consul to France, abolitionist and advocate of the Free-State movement in Kansas. Though he was known for his opposition to slavery, he was against the Civil War and served as a member of the Washington, D.C. "peace convention" in an effort to avert it. Here he expounds on his reasons for opposing the war. Fair .

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