Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia, begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Richmond, on Monday, the Second Day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-three

(PEGRAM, William H., Charles Follen)

Published by Printed by Thomas Ritchie, Printer to the Commonwealth, Richmond, 1833

About this Item

First edition. Thick quarto. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, red morocco spine label. Contemporary owner name in faint pencil on front free endpaper: "William H. Pegram, Sussex County, Virginia." The boards are rubbed and worn at the joints and edges of the boards, intermittent toning and light scattered foxing, lower right corner of front free endpaper is torn away, good or better. The front pastedown is inscribed (February 1840) in memoriam to Charles Follen, a Harvard professor and radical abolitionist who had perished on board the steamship *Lexington* when it burst into flames off of Long Island on January 13, 1840. A curious and compelling association copy between William H. Pegram, a pro-slavery Virginia delegate for the Session of 1833-34 (in 1832 he advertised a $30 reward for a runaway "negro fellow named Willis"); and Charles Follen, a leading abolitionist fired by Harvard for his abolitionist statements. Follen was a close friend and associate of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and the prominent Unitarian minister William Ellery Channing. This volume, of which there are no recorded copies in *OCLC*, includes a Document (No. 53) relating to the "Removal of Free Persons of Colour … willing to emigrate to the western coast of Africa …" and a Bill (No. 7, "To alter and amend the law concerning Slaves, Free Negroes and Mulattoes") making it illegal "for any free negro or mulatto to migrate or come into this commonwealth, from any state of this Union, or from any foreign country … whether for the purpose of permanent settlement or temporary residence … ." Also included is a Proclamation by Andrew Jackson and numerous other documents and bills. A scarce copy with an intriguing association.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia, begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Richmond, on Monday, the Second Day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-three
• Publisher: Printed by Thomas Ritchie, Printer to the Commonwealth, Richmond
• Publication Date: 1833
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
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