Author: Webster, [Daniel] Title: Speech of Mr. Webster on Mr. Clay's Resolutions. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850
Description: [Washington, D.C.], Gideon & Co. Printers, 1850. Second edition. Self wrappers. 15 pp. 8vo. In supporting Clay's compromise, Webster alienated his Northern supporters and friends, which, as Goodspeed noted in an early catalogue, led to Whittier's poem Ichabod: "So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn, Which once he wore!, The glory from his gray hairs gone, Forevermore!" LCP. Afro-Americana, 11020. Very good untrimmed, partially unopened copy, top edge sunned, a few untrimmed edges worn.
Keywords: , Americana, Afro-Americana, Americana, 19th c., Antebellum Government Documents, Pamphlet
Price: US$ 40.00 Seller: Kaaterskill Books
- Book number: 45923
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