Information for Kanzas Immigrants
Boston: Alfred Mudge and Son, 1856. 8vo. 57 pp. Sewn. A fine copy. Item #403695
Sixth edition, revised and enlarged. Webb was Secretary of the New England Aid Company, which was engaged in promoting the emigration of prospective settlers from the northern states to the new Kansas Territory in order to prevent the acceptance of slavery in the territory's proposed state constitution. This pamphlet was reprinted 13 times after it first appeared in 1855. Howes W191; Wagner-Camp-Becker 247:6.
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