POEM READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF ALUMNI OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

(VIRGINIA) THOMPSON, John R. POEM READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF ALUMNI OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. Richmond: Clemmitt & Jones, 1870. 8vo. Original wrappers. 12 pages. First edition. John Reuben Thompson edited the Southern Literary Messenger 1847-1860, and la served as Assistant Secretary of Virginia during the Civil War. His collecte poems were first published posthumously in 1920, 47 years after he died. Bot right corner torn, wrappers repaired with tape, some soiling.