Chappell, Absalom H. (Absalom Harris) (1801-1878) Resolutions of the legislature of Georgia
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.006 Author/Creator: Chappell, Absalom H. (Absalom Harris) (1801-1878) Place Written: s.l. Type: Printed document Date: 02 February 1846 Pagination: 2 p. ; 22.5 x 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.
Absalom H. Chappell was the President of the Georgia State Senate, and previously a Congressman from Georgia.
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