The Political battle of Dorking: Supposed to be the meditations of Uncle Henry Drew, of Bow Lake, Strafford, politician, philosopher, philanthropist, sage, scholar, and statesman, at the advanced age of a hundred and seventeen years, in the year of our Lord 1935, on the decline and rise of the Republican Party of New Hampshire; Fifty years before; the causes which led to its overthrow, and the policy upon which it was reconstructed and regained power; together with interesting personal reminiscences.

Strafford, NH: Bow Lake Publishing Company; For sale by C.F. Batchelder, 1885. Pamphlet. 24p. staplebound pamphlet, very good condition.

One of the responses to the 1871 pamphlet 'The Battle of Dorking,' this speculative fiction set fifty years into the future from the date of publication looks back on how the Democrats reclaimed power, raising taxes, restricting the rights of the Black population, and paying reparations to the South for the losses of the Civil War. Though anonymous, it may have been authored by the distributor, Batchelder.

Cat.No: 314163

Price: $85.00