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Foster, Lafayette Sabine, 1806-1880 Speech of Hon. L. F. S. Foster, of Connecticut, on the Lecompton Consitution; delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 8 and 19, 1858.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.170 Author/Creator: Foster, Lafayette Sabine, 1806-1880 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1858 Pagination: 1 v. : 15 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 15.6 cm Order a Copy

Untrimmed and unopened. Foster opposed the Lecompton Constitution.

Foster, Lafayette S. (Lafayette Sabine), 1806-1880

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