Oration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter Davis.

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1866. Hardcover. 8vo. Original blind-embossed limp cloth with gilt. 43pp. Very good. Chip at lower left corner of front wrapper and small chip at head and tail of spine, but overall tight, clean, attractive. First edition of this eulogy of the Maryland representative (1817-65), an avid anti-slavery "Radical Republican." Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax introduces Creswell's remarks. Item #29180

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