SPEECH OF HON. LEONARD MYERS, OF PENNSYLVANIA : DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 24, 1866. THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF CONGRESS. ACCEPTANCE OF THE RESULTS OF THE WAR THE TRUE BASIS OF RECONSTRUCTION. LIBERTY REGULATED BY LAW THE SAFEGUARD OF THE REPUBLIC
Washington, D. C. : Printed At The "chronicle" Office. 1866. Item #40679
1st edition. No outer wrappers, as issued, 8vo, 16 pages ; 24 cm. Reconstruction-era speech by Myers, a Jewish Republican member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania during the American Civil War and the early years of Reconstruction. Myers attended the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia and studied law; He was major of the Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, during the emergency service of September 1862 when Pennsylvania felt threatened by Robert E. Lee during the Maryland Campaign. OCLC-Worldcat lists 3 copies worldwide (Huntington, Amer Antiquarian, Virgina Historical Soc) , none in any academic library. Pen mark on title page, Very Good Condition (KH-8-48).
Price: $500.00