Wilmot, David

[drop-title] PERSONAL EXPLANATION. SPEECH OF HON. D. WILMOT OF PENNSYLVANIA, in the House or Representatives, February 7, 1848.

[Washington]: Congressional Globe Office, 1848. Unbound. Very Good binding. Item #8448

Octavo. 8 pp. Unbound and uncut. Minor edgewear and soiling; light foxing. A reasonably nice copy of this speech that was never bound.

This speech is a defense of himself and his ideas against a series of editorials published in the Union newspaper calling Wilmot's proposition to impose a tax on "slave property" a Wilmot Proviso, No. 2 and calling him a firebrand with "schemes and mischievous allies." In the midst of the heated debate over the fate of slavery in the territories, Wilmot was one who was central and was a polarizing figure of the time. Rare in commerce. OCLC identifies only copy in institutional holdings. OCLC 49945833.

Price: $125.00