New Orleans:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF TWO HUNDRED CITIZENS APPOINTED AT A MEETING OF THE RESIDENT POPULATION OF NEW ORLEANS, ON THE 12TH DECEMBER, 1872.

New Orleans: Picayune Steam Press, 1873. Original printed wrappers [clean, but with a bit of corner wear] with wrapper title [as issued]. 27, [1 blank] pp. Minor wear, clean text, Very Good plus.
[offered with] Typescript Letter, laid in, from New Orleans, March 22, 1873, [1] page: 'Dear Sir: We assume the liberty to commend to your patriotism, and to your love of our common country the accompanying Report...' It is signed in type by Thos. A. Adams, Chairman, and five others, comprising the Executive Committee of the Committee of Two Hundred Citizens. Fine.

The Committee recites "the discontents, pressures, and grievances under which the people of the State were suffering from the unconstitutional and revolutionary action of a portion of the federal authorities," especially the federal court's intervention in the 1872 elections in favor of the Pinchback government.
The elections produced rival claimants for the governor's office and sparked the Colfax massacre, in which 280 blacks were killed, some while attempting to surrender to armed whites. The Report is signed in type by Thomas A. Adams, Chairman, and five other members of the Executive Committee.
FIRST EDITION. 136 Eberstadt 391. Thompson 1232. Item #29323

Price: $450.00