Item #016567 Incidents of the Hon. Daniel Webster in relation to the Late Mission to England. Charles Spear.

Incidents of the Hon. Daniel Webster in relation to the Late Mission to England

Boston: Prisoners' Friend Office, 1853. Wraps. Fair. Item #016567
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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.

Price: $25.00

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