Colonel Frank G. Ruffin's letter. A terrible arraignment. Mahoneism unveiled! The great plot to sell out Virginians to the Republican Party exposed. The Republican Party now and always the bitterest foes of Virginia. Virginians will not wear collars

[Richmond, Virginia], 1882. Good to very good. Toned with short tears, wear.. Virginians Will Not Wear Collars": a salient political pamphlet on postbellum Virginian politics, featuring a letter to John E. Massey from Francis Gildart Ruffin (1816-1892), a Chesterfield County, Virginia planter, Confederate colonel, and political writer. Written during the turbulent Reconstruction period, in which the Virginia "Readjuster Party", lead by William Mahone, sought to re-appropriate power and wealth held by white planters in the state in order to pay down debt and promote education. Single vol. (9.5" by 6"), pp. 16, unbound.