THE IMPENDING CRISIS HINTON R HELPER AUTHOR LETTER 1880

Description: Hinton Rowan Helper, a native of Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina wrote "The Impending Crisis of the South", attacking Slavery as detrimental to the prosperity, education and cultural development of Southern Whites, and held the Plantation System responsible for the deforestation of the South. After the Civil War Helper became an ardent opponent of Reconstruction and advocate for poor white farmers. An original May 25, 1880 letter from Helper in St Louis, Missouri, to Lewis A Carmer, a friend in Olean, New York, telling him he has sent him 2 copies of Helper's "little pamphlet Thirteen Papers" (touching on Helper's progressive proposal to build a railroad running from North America to South America), he also informs that Carmer's name is credited on his various papers- "your name as printed is in good company". 1p 8 x 5" magenta ink. Edge wear, age stains, Overall VG. Comes w bio information for Helper who's book, "The Impending Crisis" was a prewar bestseller helped polarize the North and South , perhaps as much as Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin". Welcome to my Ebay Auctions and Ebay Store. I am a specialist in early American Military & Historical items, especially American Civil War ephemera- letters, military & historic documents including broadsides, commissions, General Orders and other imprints. I have been collecting and selling original American Civil War & US Military memorabilia for 35 years My customers have included some of the leading names in collecting and selling American History items, as well was as a wide range of novice & advanced collectors in addition to some 30 US federal, state, public and private university & municipal museums and libraries. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and in the condition as described. I am a longtime member of the Company of Military Historians, the New England Antique Arms Association, the Ephemera Society of America & the Civil War Veterans Historical Assn. NOTE: Any repair to a paper item is listed. I use only museum curator approved archival repair tape. I SELL ONLY ORIGINAL ITEMS, AND HAVE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL FULL TIME SELLER OF ANTIQUE HISTORICAL ITEMS SINCE 1980. PLEASE SEE MY EBAY STORE FOR OTHER LISTINGS. PLEASE READ DETAILS OF THE ITEM DESCRIPTION. I TRY TO DESCRIBE ALL ITEMS ACCURATELY U.S. SHIPPING ONLY I ship only USPS priority mail with insurance If you would like to Add Me as a Seller You Follow, Go to the Seller Information Bar on the Middle Right Side of the Page and click ‘Follow This Seller 15.00 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

Price: 150 USD

Location: Angier, North Carolina

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