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Hunter, R.M.T., 1809-1887 Speech of Hon. Robert M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, on the resolutions of the Massachusetts legislature concerning the assault on Mr. Sumner.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.003 Author/Creator: Hunter, R.M.T., 1809-1887 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet signed Date: 1856 Pagination: 12 p. : Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 14.3 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Hunter on a a piece of paper pasted to the title page. Delivered in the senate of the United States, 24 June 1856. Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, Washington, D.C. Hunter was a senator from Virginia.

Hunter, Robert Mercer Taliaferro, 1809-1887

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