Of the Birth and Death of Nations. A Thought for the Crisis

New York: G.P. Putnam, 1862. Offprint. Octavo (19.5cm.); sewn self-wrappers; 33pp. Stitching snapped and signatures separated, brief soil to upper cover, faint creases and tiny loss at bottom fore-edge corner; Good or better only. Article attributed to a founding member of the American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission, formed the following year to investigate the status of slaves newly freed by the Emancipation Proclamation. SABIN 43370, noting this article was first published in the "Rebellion Record.