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De Witt & Co. :: Other Vintage Paper :: PAY DAY - Van Cleve Ball - David Milton Proctor - 1936

PAY DAY - Van Cleve Ball - David Milton Proctor - 1936

Interesting political booklet in good to very good condition. Has mostly mild wear with some discoloration, notable in the photos. There is also a slight "curl" along the outer edge... nothing major.

The booklet measures about 5" X 6¾" and has 56 pages, broken down in to letters, written to the author's son. Each letter provides a slightly different political theme.

To better describe the book, the foreword is below:

The personality which inspired these letters comprising "Pay Day" was a practical farmer born and reared on a north Missouri farm. His father was a Kentucky farmer and his grandfather a Virginia farmer. All three were faithful followers of Thomas Jefferson and loyal Americans. Much of the philosophy and attitude toward public questions reflected in the letters of VanCleve Ball are those of this Missouri farmer, personally and intimately known to the author. Many current statistics have been inserted only to emphasize his wisdom. It is historically true that certain members of the Ball family of Faquier County Virginia, bore arms against the king in the Revolutionary struggle and were related by blood to Mary Ball, the mother of George Washington. With reference to the numerous quotations (excepting only a few of them), I feel forced to adopt the graceful language of Montaigne, the French Essayist:

"I have gathered me a posy of other men's flowers and only the thread that binds them is mine own."

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SKU	609301233
Quantity in stock	1 item(s) available
Price:	$16.00

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