![[3730067] Speech of Benjamin H. Brewster, Delivered at the Musical Fund Hall, Philadelphia. Wednesday Evening, March 11, 1863 [presentation copy]. Benjamin H. Brewster, 1816–1888, Benjamin Harris Brewster.](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730067.jpg?auto=webp&v=1706666345)
Speech of Benjamin H. Brewster, Delivered at the Musical Fund Hall, Philadelphia. Wednesday Evening, March 11, 1863 [presentation copy].
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Patriotic speech given by Philadelphia attorney Benjamin H. Brewster (Benjamin Harris Brewster) at the inauguration of the National Union Club, a patriotic association organized to support the Union during the American Civil War. Bewster declared: “I am a Yankee of Yankees, and I glory in it; and the man who reviles them, reviles the best blood and the best men that have made illustrious the history of his country and the cause of popular liberty. [Deafening cheers.]”
Brewster would later serve as attorney general of Pennsylvania and, from 1881 to 1885, as U.S. Attorney General under President Arthur. This copy with a presentation inscription “...with the respects of Mr. Brewster.” We have one other Brewster item in our inventory; please enquire.
Description: Speech of Benjamin H. Brewster, Delivered at the Musical Fund Hall, Philadelphia. Wednesday Evening, March 11, 1863 [presentation copy].
Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, 1863. 8 pages. 9 x 5¾ inches. Original printed wrappers. Presentation inscription on upper wrapper: “Hy. I. Williams, Esq. with the respects of Mr. Brewster.” Small corner loss, stain, soiling to wrappers and overall creasing throughout; contents clean and sound; Good.
[3730067]Price: $50.00