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An Address delivered before the Tilghman Literary Society, of the Western University of Pennsylvania, on the 25th February, 1839. The Eighteenth Anniversary
by Samuel W. Black, Esq. [Samuel Wylie Black (1816-1862)]
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Pittsburgh: Printed at the Daily Advocate Office, 1839. 12pp. 12mo. Pamphlet; removed; without wrappers; scattered foxing; Very Good.
Speech by attorney and Western University of Pennsylvania alumnus, Samuel W. Black (1816-1862), to the school's Tilghman Literary Society. Black subsequently became a judge and was a soldier in the Mexican-American and U.S. Civil wars. Black served as the seventh governor of Nebraska Territory.
The text has period annotations noting Black as "a wild young man himself" and to "Dr. Robt. Bruce," the first chancellor (president) of the Western University of Pennsylvania, now known as the University of Pittsburgh ("Pitt").
"The University's buildings, along with most of its records and files, were destroyed in a widespread 1845 fire that wiped out 20 square blocks of the most valuable part of Pittsburgh." (Wikipedia) OCLC recording two physical copies (AAS and UPitt.).
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- An Address delivered before the Tilghman Literary Society, of the Western University of Pennsylvania, on the 25th February, 1839. The Eighteenth Anniversary
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- Samuel W. Black, Esq. [Samuel Wylie Black (1816-1862)]
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Our inventory encompasses a broad spectrum of collecting interests, with a special focus on 18th- and 19th-century American history, including African-American history, women's history, and unique or unusual materials documenting the American experience. In our stock, you will also find rare pamphlets, documents, letters and correspondence, journals, diaries, significant archives, as well as original art, graphics, and photographs.
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