Small rare hardcover book, combined transcription of sermon given upon death of Ho. Otis Thacher and Genealogy of Thacher family. Brown cloth boards, 36 pages measuring 9-1/2" by 6." Gilt printing on front cover. Condition okay, some wear to bottom of spine, binding and a little loose and some scattered age toning. Very rare in original 19th century state.

Prior owner's signature inside, looks like John Boyd Thacher. Small paper brochure tucked inside front cover.

About Hon. Otis Thacher:

Judge Otis Thacher

BIRTH

6 Aug 1800

Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA

DEATH

14 Mar 1868 (aged 67)

Hornell, Steuben County, New York, USA

BURIAL

Hope Cemetery

Hornell, Steuben County, New York, USA

One of Judge Thacher's Children, Solon Otis Thacher was a noted Kansas Politician. "Born: August 31, 1830, Hornellsville, New York. Married: Sarah M. Gilmore. Died: August 11, 1895.

Born in Hornellsville, Steuben County, New York, on August 31, 1830, S. O. Thacher was the son of a county judge (Otis Thatcher) and a graduate of Union College at Schenectady, as well as the Albany Law School. Thacher was in 1856 admitted to the bar in New York, where he practiced law and served in the 1857 legislature, before moving with his wife Sarah M. Gilmore and infant daughter to Kansas in July 1858. Thacher settled at Lawrence, where he acquired a half interest in the Republican (co-owner, T. D. Thacher?). In 1859 he proved to be one of the most active and influential delegates at Wyandotte and delivered "the great speech of that convention" against "Negro" exclusion. Previously, Thacher had defended the raids of James Montgomery and other such extreme activity and was a radical voice at the convention. On May 19, 1860, Thacher left the Lawrence Republican, but he remained politically active, winning a judgeship in 1861 (Fourth Judicial District), running for governor in 1864 (anti-Lane candidate), and serving in the state senate in the 1880s."