Rufus Cohate (1799-1859) was an Massachusetts orator, lawyer and U.S. Senator (1841). He was one of the pre-eminent orators of his day, and was a well-known trial lawyer who often took the side of persecuted or unpopular figures. He was was first aligned with the Republican party, but later switched to the Whigs. In his politics, he supported the Compromise of 1850 even though he did not support slavery, and he also opposed the annexation of Texas. By all appearances he was a complex and brilliant man. This copy is the 1884 first edition, but seems to have been rebound in a pretty rose cloth covers with a leather spine label. There is an interesting typescript of an Oct, 16 1883 three page letter from the author to Houghton Mifflin regarding this book that has been bound in as part of the frontis matter: "Gentelmen, I am submitting for consideration my work on Rufus Cohate." There is a previous owner bookplate, but no other markings to the interior or exterior. ; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 460 pages.

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Title: Memories of Rufus Choate With Some Consideration of His Studies, Methods, and Opinions, and of His Style as a Speaker and Writer.
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston
Publication Date: 1884
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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