About this Book
Springfield, Mass.: Printed by Thomas Dickman, for the Washington Benevolent Society, 1812.
Description: 16mo (5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.), marbled boards with red morocco spine, engraved portrait frontispiece, 68 pages, inscribed page following title page stating that Mr. Daniel Hitchcock has been regularly admitted a member of the Washington Benevolent Society on April 27, 1812, signed by John Hooker, President, and Edmund Bliss, Secretary. The Washington Benevolent Societies (the “WBS”) were grassroots political clubs set up 1808-1816 by the Federalist Party in the U.S. to electioneer for votes and were immensely popular during the War of 1812.
In custom blue morocco slipcase. Edge wear, toning to pages, foxing to frontispiece.
