Poems. By J. N. McJilton (M'Jilton). INSCRIBED Baltimore Browning and small closed tear

Browning and small closed tear to half title page/verso of frontispiece

Fine in very good+ unclipped dust jacket

circa 1930]

Being the Centennial Anniversary of the Birth-Day of Washington

Numbers written in pencil to the verso of the last page

Poems. By J. N. McJilton (M'Jilton). INSCRIBED Baltimore Browning and small closed tearBoston: 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