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Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 The Golden Hour.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.249 Author/Creator: Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Book Date: 1862 Pagination: 160 p. : Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 13.1 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Julia Piatt, 29 July 1862, Washington, D.C. Conway was an American author and preacher, and ardent abolitionist. He lectured in England during the Civil War in the interests of the North. The Golden Hour is a plea for the emancipation of enslaved people in the form of a novel. Published by Ticknor and Fields, Boston. Printed by the University Press, Welch, Bigelow, and Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907

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