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To: Robert C. Wood.

Criticism of abolitionists and mention of a "fracas" involving Cherokees dissatisfied about the results of their election.

GLC07905

Affidavit.

Benjamin Headwine swears that he believes the Spanish ship Cleopatra "is intended for the slave trade."

GLC07910

"We are sometimes asked in the name of patriotism..."

Quotation in full: "We are sometimes asked in the name of patriotism to forget the merits of this fearful conflict and to remember with equal admiration those who struck at the nation's life and those who struck to save it--those who fought for...

GLC07926.01

To: James M.H. Beale.

Forney, a pro-slavery candidate, was "in favor of the maintenance and faithful execution of the fugitive slave laws...and of the suppression of all further agitation of the slavery question."

GLC07927

Authority to affix the seal...to treat...on...suppression of African slave trade

GLC07751