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Familiar Letters To Henry Clay Of Kentucky: Describing A Winter In The West Indies (1840)

Familiar Letters To Henry Clay Of Kentucky: Describing A Winter In The West Indies (1840)

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Gifts & Stationery General19th Century United States HistoryFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1436923166
ISBN13: 9781436923163
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Aug 18 2008
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Familiar Letters to Henry Clay of Kentucky: Describing a Winter in the West Indies is a book written by Joseph John Gurney and published in 1840. The book is a collection of personal letters that Gurney wrote to Henry Clay, a prominent American statesman and politician, during his travels in the West Indies. In the letters, Gurney describes his experiences and observations of the culture, people, and landscapes of the Caribbean islands, as well as his thoughts on slavery and other social issues of the time. The book offers a unique perspective on life in the West Indies during the mid-19th century and provides insight into the attitudes and beliefs of a prominent Quaker abolitionist.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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