![Item #37329 TO THE PEOPLE OF THE EIGHTH DISTRICT./ MY FELLOW CITIZENS: ... / [caption title, followed by three columns of dense text]. Signed in type at the end “Joseph Wheeler”]. Joseph WHEELER.](https://bartlebysbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/37329.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1681501359)
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE EIGHTH DISTRICT./ MY FELLOW CITIZENS: ... / [caption title, followed by three columns of dense text]. Signed in type at the end “Joseph Wheeler”]
Np: np, 1884. Printed broadside, 21 x 14 inches, employing larger bold type for the title. Wheeler (1836-1906; Confederate cavalry officer, 1861-1865; U. S. Congressman from Alabama, 1883 & 1885-1900; U. S. major general in Cuba and the Philippines, 1898-1900), who rose to the command of a Confederate cavalry division in the Civil War, here addresses his congressional constituents to defend his statements critical of a political opponent on voting rights, specifically property and educational requirements and other matters affecting African-American suffrage. Not in Owen. OCLC locates two copies (Alabama, Duke). Creased from folding, old tideline in right margin, on short tear in lower margin (not touching text). Very good. Item #37329
Price: $225.00