Mar 30, 2017 - Sale 2441

Sale 2441 - Lot 222

Price Realized: $ 1,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(CIVIL RIGHTS.) KU KLUX KLAN. The White League Waltz, by Miss Marie Herr. To R. H. Marr, Esq. President of the Committee of '70. Seven pages of engraved music; front cover with an oval albumen photo of the dedicatee, set within a rectangular frame. New Orleans, A.E. Blackmar, 1874

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a very rare piece of music, dedicated to the white league's robert harden marr. Marr (1819-1897) was a lawyer and leader of the White League at the time of the Battle of Liberty Place. This minor insurrection was brought on by the election riots and was put down by Federal Troops. Marr later served on the Louisiana Supreme Court.