first edition
1879 · Chicago
by Chandler, Zachariah
Chicago: Franz Gindele, publisher, 1879. First edition, 8vo, pp. 16; original yellow printed wrappers, the front wrapper and title page with title inside a mourning border; fine. The last two pages detail the death of the senator, which occured the following day. The cover title reads: "Zach. Chandler's last speech on earth. The great stalwart's dying warning..." He was one of the founders of the Republican Party and life-long abolitionist. Fittingly, this last speech was delivered in front of an African American Young Men's Republican Auxiliary Club. Not in Afro-Americana. (Inventory #: 56233)