Right and Wrong in Boston: Annual Report of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, with a Sketch of. [Two Copies]
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[Boston Female Anti-slavery Society]. Report of the Boston Female Anti Slavery Society; with a Concise Statement of Events, Previous and Subsequent to the Annual Meeting of 1835. (Right and Wrong in Boston). Boston: The Society [Boston Female Anti-slavery Society], 1836.
8vo.; contemporary ownership signature on the front endpaper ("A. Bolster / Rumsford / ME"); heavily foxed; brown cloth, stamped in gilt; light wear.
First edition. From the library of 19th-century Maine state senator Alvan Bolster.
"Alvan Bolster was the son of Isaac Bolster, Jr. and Hannah Cushman. He arrived in Rumford, Maine as a young man and married Cynthia Wheeler. He engaged in trade, was a farmer, and inn keeper. He held the position of Postmaster in East Rumford for thirty years. Military affairs were of great interest to him, and he joined the militia serving in the Light Infantry. He was commissioned as Ensign May 8, 1821, Lt. Colonel November 27, 1830. Later he was promoted to command a division and commissioned Major General by the Governor of State of Maine. He was a leader in the Sons of Temperance movement and an active Free Mason. He held numerous public offices, serving as Representative in the State Legislature and twice was elected State Senator." (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29375596/alvan-bolster)
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