Charles Miner a Pennslyvania Pioneer

Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Privately Printed, Wilkes-Barre, PA 1916. 195 pages. Only 1 of 500 copies. Nice Firm Clean copy ! There is also a note from 1822 to supply Hart Esq. copies of the Pennslyvania Correspondent, signed by Asher Miner. And a newspaper article showing WWI Colonel Asher Miner, who lost a leg. With a publishers 8 page letter showing libraries the beauties of this book. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Reprinted with slight changes from the proceedings of the Wyoming (Pennslyvania) Historical and Geological Society, Volume XIV. Charles Miner (February 1, 1780 - October 26, 1865) was an anti-slavery advocate and politician who served in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1807 to 1808 and the United States House of Representatives from 1825 to 1829. He was a member of the Federalist Party. During his terms in Congress, he proposed to end the slave trade in the District of Columbia and gradually abolish slavery across the city. He lobbied for anthracite coal. Charles Miner was born in Norwich, Connecticut son of Seth Miner and Anna Charleton. He attended the public schools of Norwich and moved with his brother Asher Miner in 1797 to his father's lands in the Wyoming Valley, and to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1802. He became the publisher of the Luzerne County Federalist. He wrote the book 'History of Wyoming, Pennslyvania, 1845'. Biography History::U.S.A.::Pre-Civil War Genealogy 6106

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Publisher: Privately Printed

Year: 1916

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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