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Chappell, Absalom Harris, 1801-1878 Resolutions of the legislature of Georgia

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.006 Author/Creator: Chappell, Absalom Harris, 1801-1878 Place Written: s.l. Type: Printed document Date: February 2, 1846 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 14.5 cm Order a Copy

[Title continued] in opposition to the principles of certain resolves of the legislature of Massachusetts in relation to an amendment of the constitution on the subject of federal representation. Copy of a resolution by the Georgia Legislature, printed for the twenty ninth Congress. The resolution is in opposition to a call by the Massachusetts legislature to repeal the three fifths voting clause of the Constitution. Likely printed in Washington, D.C. First edition.

Chappell, Absalom Harris, 1801-1878

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