Battey, Joel (ca. b. 1790) Address of the Starksborough and Lincoln anti-slavery society to the public.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06137 Author/Creator: Battey, Joel (ca. b. 1790) Place Written: Middlebury, Vermont Type: Pamphlet signed Date: 1835 Pagination: 1 v. : 36 p. ; 23.6 x 14.4 cm. Order a Copy
First edition, presented to Kimball 8 November 1834. Printed by Knapp and Jewett. In faded orange wrappers as issued. With printed constitution of the Society inside rear wrapper. Kimball signed outer cover. A note written on title page indicates this pamphlet was presented to Kimball by Joel Battey, secretary of the society.
Kimball was an author and editor of "The Herald of Freedom," an anti-slavery journal.
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