BIOGRAPHER'S BAIT. A REMINDER OF EDMUND QUINCY

Boston, 1950. First Edition. Pamphlet. Covers rubbed and soiled. Very Good. Printed wraps (6-1/4" x 9-1/2"); 17 pages. An offprint from the PROCEEDINGS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Volume 68, 1944-1946. Quincy, son of Harvard President Josiah Quincy, devoted himself, according to his friend, James Russell Lowell, "deliberately to the somewhat arduous profession of gentleman." Includes his reminisences of Aaron Burr, excerpts from his contributions to the NATIONAL ANTI-SLAVERY STANDARD, and his tribute to Daniel Webster. INSCRIBED by the author on the front cover "For Fred Curtiss" and SIGNED "M. A. DeW. H."