Poems. By J. N. McJilton (M'Jilton). INSCRIBED

Poems. By J. N. McJilton (M'Jilton). INSCRIBEDBoston: Otis Broaders & Co., 1840. INSCRIBED. Hardcover. 8vo. Good. An interesting and often overlooking figure from Baltimore. s history, John Nelson McJilton was a poet, rector, and educator. He served as Baltimore City's first superintendent of schools, but was fired after two years for establishing two schools for African American children without the permission of the school board. Front board along with the front free end paper are detached but

Minor damp stain to rear board

Grossett & Dunlap

Leila Hinman Wallace

New York: Garden City Publishing Co

Juvenile ownership inscription to front free end paper

Illustrated throughout

Creasing and light cracking to spine leather

Charles Scribner’s Sons

Comes with an explanation of the illustration

Dover Publications

Porter & Coates

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