Raynors HCA 2015-02
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/19/2015
A good early war-date Confederate letterpress broadside/poem, 1p., measuring approximately 3 1/4" x 9", published by the Richmond Examiner, [Va.], May 14, 1861, entitled: "MARYLAND In Chains," written by Mrs. D. [Daniel] K. Whitaker of South Carolina. The seven stanza poem, reads, in part: "Oh vain is the splendor of blue-curtained skies. The pomp of tall forests that 'round one arise…thrice beautiful land-thy beauties are vain! Derided, insulted and falsely betrayed…astonished the nations behold thy disgrace, while robbed and oppressed by a vile Northern race…that spirit still lives in the heart of the South…commanding her freemen to arm for the strife and battle for Liberty, Honor and Life!…welcome the clarion's far pealing sound…your taunts and your threats alike we despise…rise in her strength like the Sun in his pride…unfitted by Union-a Union of shame which drained her of wealth, and despoiled her of fame…". Several of these rare poems have been sourced in institutions with none being offered at auction recently. VG to near fine.
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