(New England Freedmen's Aid Society).

SECOND [AND THIRD] SERIES OF EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE EDUCATIONAL COMMISSION OF BOSTON, FROM TEACHERS [TEACHERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS] AT PORT ROYAL AND ITS VICINITY [caption titles].

(Boston): Printed by order of the General Committe, 1862-1863. 4to. 2 vols.: 4, 4 pp. Original self wrappers; second series chipped along fore-edges and with old institutional blindstamp, overmarked "withdrawn"; third series clean. Item #41080

First editions of the second and third series (the first was published in 1862, a fourth series appeared in 1864). Reports and testimonials of the teachers' work among the Freedmen and their children; all of the letters are signed with initials. OCLC records three copies of each series (Library of Congress, Boston Public, SUNY-Geneseo for the second series; Western Reserve, Library Company of Philadelphia, Oxford for the third). RLIN adds the American Antiquarian Society for each.

Price: $600.00