MEMORIAL ADDRESSES ON LIFE AND CHARACTER OF JOHN H. HOFFECKER

HOFFECKER, John H. MEMORIAL ADDRESSES ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF JOHN H. HOFFECKER, FEBRUARY 16 AND 23, 1901. Delivered in The House of Representatives and Senate, Fifty-Sixth Congress, Second Session. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1901. Small quarto, embossed black cloth stamped in gilt; 67 pages. Portrait frontispiece of Hoffecker. Hoffecker (1827-1900) was from Smyrna, Delaware and studied civil engineering. He became a Republican and was president of the Smyrna town council from 1876 to 1898. He unsuccessfully ran for governor but was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1898. During a visit home he suffered a stroke and died on June 16, 1900. This book contains the memorial addresses given in Congress upon his death. Very Good (minor wear with gilt on the front cover nice & bright with a few light stains to the front cover; contents clean & tight with the ink name of "Van Murphy, Apr. 19/14" on the front endpaper; small chip to frontispiece tissue guard). Scarce! $50.00.…