GOUGH, John Ballantine (1817-1886). American temperance orator.
Autograph poem Signed, 8 lines of doggerel on red-edged writing paper, Newcastle, 16 March 1854.

'When a deed is done for freedom
Through the broad earth's aching breast
Runs a thrill of joy prophetic
Trembling on from east to west ...'

£32 [No: 5481]