Item #66435 THE LITERARY PROGRESS OF GEORGIA. An address delivered in the college chapel, at Athens, before the Society of Alumni, and at their request, on Thursday, August 7th, 1851, being the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of Franklin College. Hon. George R. GILMER.

THE LITERARY PROGRESS OF GEORGIA. An address delivered in the college chapel, at Athens, before the Society of Alumni, and at their request, on Thursday, August 7th, 1851, being the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of Franklin College.

Athens, GA: Wm. N. White & Brother (Printed at the Franklin Job Office, Athens), 1851. First edition. 8vo. 47 pp. “The course of this essay, will be to described the remarkable facts, which happened, and influential individuals who lived, previous to the time of the commencement of this College [1801].” OCLC locates eight copies (New York Public, Georgia, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Virginia Historical Society Virginia, Wisconsin Historical Society). Not in the De Renne catalogue. Original printed self-wrappers (title leaf and final page browned, some storage soiling and light foxing), stitching renewed. Very good. Item #66435

Price: $500.00

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