Author: Spear, Charles Title: Incidents of the Hon. Daniel Webster in Relation to the Late Mission to England
Description: Boston, Prisoners' Friend Office, 1853. Wraps. Printed wraps. 8pp. Frontis portrait of Daniel Webster. A short essay/eulogy on Daniel Webster and the influence of his name. The author recalls trying to fund a mission to England, presumably for raising awareness for prisoners' rights, where Daniel Webster offered to write letters on the author's behalf. Charles Spear was a Universalist minister, as well as an activist in favor of abolishing the death penalty and prisoner rights and prison reform. FAIR/GOOD condition. Wrappers very tenuously holding on to the piece. Heavy chipping, creasing and tearing along the extremities. Uneven toning and offsetting, with some soiling. Sabin 89068. Fair .
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Price: US$ 27.00 Seller: Mare Booksellers
- Book number: 016567
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