Fine Books & Manuscripts, including The Ronald K. Siegel Collection
Thu, Jun 1, 2023 12:00PM EDT
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Lot 199
LIVERMORE, George (1809-1865). An Historical Research respe...
Estimate: $200 - $300
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LIVERMORE, George (1809-1865). An Historical Research respecting the Opinions of the Founders of the Republic on Negroes as Slaves, as Citizens, and as Soldiers. Boston: John Wilson and Son for the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1863. Fifth edition, one of 50 large paper copies. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to J. Lossing and laid in with a 2pp. ALS from the author to the recipient of the book. Included with a 5pp. typed ?Extract from the story told by Thomas Sweet Lossing of his boyhood days in Duchess County?. The Massachusetts Historical Society was the nation?s first historical society, and its early publications are sought after by collectors. [With:] a first edition of this work dated 1862.
