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KANZAS [sic] AND NEBRASKA: THE HISTORY, GEOGRAPHICAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND POLITICAL POSITION OF THOSE TERRITORIES; AN ACCOUNT OF THE EMIGRANT AID COMPANIES, AND DIRECTIONS TO EMIGRANTS by Hale, Edward E.:
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Boston. 1854.. 256pp. plus 2 leaves of ads. Folding frontispiece map. Original cloth, spine gilt. Spine ends lightly frayed, else very good. Written by a passionate partisan of Free Soil, Hale's work attempts to encourage anti- slavery New Englanders to settle in Kansas and Nebraska. "The first book written about Kansas" - Dary. Includes an account of a steamboat trip up the Smoky Hill River in 1854. The map is entitled "Map of Kansas and Nebraska form the latest surveys." WAGNER-CAMP 239a. GRAFF 1709. SABIN 28624. DARY, KANZANA 1. EBERSTADT 137:230.
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leaves : When used to refer to a part of a book means the book's pages.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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