[AMERICANA] [GOVERNMENT] [SCHOOLS] THE GOVERNMENTAL INSTRUCTOR, OR A BRIEF AND COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THE STATE GOVERNMENTS, IN EASY LESSONS, DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS

New York: Collins, Brother & Co, 1845. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Good binding. 12 mo.; 1/4 calf over printed paper-covered boards; xi, 182 pages, followed by [6] pages of publisher's ads; the worn spine is patched and crumbling but holding; hinges reinforced with japanese tissue.~~There is a previous owner gift inscription dated July 1851 from Amos Lawrence, the Boston philanthropist, social activist and abolitionist. James McPherson, in Battle Cry of Freedom, says of Lawrence that he was radicalized by the Anthony Burns affair in spring, 1854, and quotes him as saying: "We went to be one night old fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and woke up stark mad Abolitionists."~~Uncommon, especially in this edition. (Sabin 80770 (Fourth Edition); McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, 1989, p.). Good binding.