Letter of Governor Wise to the New York Tammany Society

[Richmond, 1858]. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); disbound; 67pp. Extremities a bit toned, lacking wrappers, last few leaves starting to separate, else a Good, internally sound copy. Collection of pieces by and in response to Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise written between December 30, 1857, and October 13, 1858. Pagination continuous, though each section has separate drop title, including the four-part "Review of 'A Review of Gov. Wise's Tammany Letter, by an Eminent Virginia Statesman" (signed "A Virginia Democrat"); "Letter of Governor Wise to the Philadelphia Anti-Lecompton Meeting"; and "Letter of Governor Wise to the Central Committee Party of Illinois." Wise, though himself a slave-holder who later served as a Confederate General during the Civil War, first voiced his opposition to the proposed proslavery Lecompton Constitution for the state of Kansas in the earliest letter addressed to Tammany Hall. (See Craig M. Simpson, "A Good Southerner" (2014), p. 162.) We find one copy of this edition in OCLC as of May, 2019, at the Huntington.