Dec 04, 2003 - Sale 1988

Sale 1988 - Lot 406

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(TEXAS.) Walker, R. J. Letter of Mr. Walker, of Mississippi, relative to the Annexation of Texas. 8vo, disbound; foxed. St. Louis, 1844

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Also issued in Washington, Philadelphia and elsewhere, the St. Louis imprint is among the more uncommon and significant in terms of its mixed pro- and anti-slavery audience. "In was in this letter of Senator Walker of Mississippi . . . that started the debate on annexation"--Streeter, Texas 1556D; Howes W42.