HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS. WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS DONE FOR THE POOR MAN.
[Washington: @1866]. 6, [1], [1 blank] pp. A folded folio sheet, lightly worn and untrimmed. Near Very Good.
The Republican Party gives itself three cheers for the Homestead Act and, in question and answer format, explains its provisions, including its 1864 and 1866 amendments.
Unlike the vast pre-War landholdings in the former Slave States, the Homestead Act enhances the aspirations of the small farmer and explicitly opposes land monopolies. Appropriate forms are included, along with a list of Land Offices in the Southern, Western, and Midwestern States.
The Act's provisions are available to former Confederates, for these were generally "poor men, and hundreds of thousands of them were forced into the service and made to fight against a Government they never ceased to love and revere." The pamphlet is not rare in institutional holdings, but uncommon in the marketplace. Item #27697
Price: $175.00