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Sep 8, 2017 - Sep 9, 2017
Columbia Republican. Hudson: W.M. Bryan and John Moores. April 30, 1850. Vol. XXXI, Issue No. 38. 4 pp, 19 x 24 in., with an excerpt from Herman Mellville's Life in a Man-of-War about a "Flogging at Sea."
The book title would be White Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War, published in London, January 23, 1850 by Richard Bentley, then in New York, March 21, 1850 by Harper & Bros. This has been called Melville's most political work, based on his experiences as a seaman on the USS United States for 14 months in 1843 and 1844. This book was one he and Harper & Bros. made sure got into the hands of every member of Congress. Because of Melville's graphic descriptions, flogging would be abolished on American Navy ships.
Scattered foxing and some brittleness at the margins. A tear towards the bottom right margin that does not interrupt the Mellville excerpt.
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