Johnston, William F.:

ADDRESS OF WILLIAM F. JOHNSTON TO THE PEOPLE OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

[Harrisburg]: February, 1838. 7, [1 blank] pp. Folded folio leaf, partly uncut and untrimmed. Light wear, Very Good.

Armstrong County is about fifty miles northeast of Pittsburgh. A lawyer and a future governor of Pennsylvania, Johnston explains in this rare pamphlet his opposition to the "untried experiment of the Sub-treasury," which, if enacted, will clothe "the general government with power which will enable it to crush the state sovereignties and state banks."
Not in Sabin or American Imprints. OCLC 39220125 [2- U TX, Humber Col.], 191244141 [1- AAS] as of June 2019. Item #36035

Price: $350.00