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LEWIS, ALONZO.
Freedom’s Amulet,
Volume I, Number 2.
Large folio leaf,
folded to form four 4to pages; small
archival paper repair; some foxing; crease
where folded.
Lynn, Mass, November 6, 1848
[400/600]
A very early number of this rare abolitionist
newspaper, written almost entirely by Alonzo
Lewis (1794-1861). Lewis, an ardent aboli-
tionist, educator, surveyor, editor and publisher,
owned large tracts of land which no doubt
helped finance this and other journalistic efforts.
On the last page of the Amulet, he offers for
sale “one half of a township,” in New
Hampshire comprising some nine thousand
acres. He also lists a number of houses and cot-
tages for sale.
O
NLY ONE OTHER ISSUE OF
THIS PAPER HAS LOCATED IN ANY LIBRARY
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LIBERIA.
Land of Hope; Reminiscences
of Liberia and Cape Palmas with
Incidents of the Voyage. By Rev.
Wm. B. Hoyt.
Engraved vignette title-
page, 220 pages. 12mo, original black
calf-backed paper-covered boards; some
general wear and foxing; early presenta-
tion on the front free endpaper.
Hartford: Fox, 1852
[250/350]
FIRST EDITION
of this narrative of a voyage to
Liberia with chapters on the slave trade and the
settlements at Monrovia.