LECTURE ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH, Delivered before the Young Men s Mercantile Library Association, of Cincinnati, Ohio, January 16, 1849

FISHER, Elwood

Published by Printed by John W. Towers, Washington, (DC), 1849

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Widely printed in 1849 (also in Cincinnati, Charleston, Richmond, Louisville, Portsmouth, Va., et al). 8vo. 32 pp. Sabin 24458. Howes E-150. Ownership signature of Mitchell King at the head of the title leaf. Mitchell King (1783-1862), a native of Scotland, emigrated to Charleston, South Carolina, in 1805, the year he apparently acquired these pamphlets, opening a school there and accepting an appointment as assistant teacher in Charleston college the following year, becoming head of the college in 1810, the same year he gained admittance to the local bar, having also taken up the study of law upon his arrival in Charleston. A founder of the Philosophical Society (1809), he delivered lectures there on astronomy. He was named judge of the city court in 1819 and again in 1842-44. He was involved in a rich variety of other state and local affairs, actively opposed Nullification during the 1830-32 crisis, wrote many essays and addresses, and amassed one of the best ante-bellum libraries in the state. Approximately 1000 items from King's papers are held in the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina. "Judge King was connected with many financial and benevolent enterprises, was a delegate to the State constitutional convention, and the author of many essays and addresses" (Appleton's). Removed from a bound volume of pamphlets (some residue along spine, some foxing). Very good, with a nice association.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LECTURE ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH, Delivered before the Young Men s Mercantile Library Association, of Cincinnati, Ohio, January 16, 1849
• Publisher: Printed by John W. Towers, Washington, (DC)
• Publication Date: 1849
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