CONVENTION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LOUISIANA PROTECTED INDUSTRIES. NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 12, 1884.
New Orleans: City Item Publishing Company, 1884. Original printed wrappers, stitched. 15, [1 blank] pp. Text clean. Wrappers loosened, with a couple of old institutional stamps, shallow wrapper edge wear. Good+.
A committee of sugar planters arranged the Convention. Delegates are listed. Its purpose was "to defend the Louisiana protected interests at Washington" from the spectre of free trade. Reports are presented on the lukewarm reception they encountered from Washington politicians.
OCLC 12424829 [5- LSU, Johns Hopkins, UNC, R.B. Hayes Lib., WI Hist. Soc.] as of July 2019. Item #36123
Price: $125.00