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Lincoln, Levi, 1782-1868 Speech of Mr. Lincoln, of Massachusetts: delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, Feb. 7, 1837, on the resolution to censure the Hon. John Q. Adams...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.369 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Levi, 1782-1868 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1837 Pagination: 1 v. : 9 p. : Height: 22.3 cm, Width: 14.3 cm Order a Copy

(title continues)... for inquiring of the Speaker, whether a paper, purporting to come from enslaved people, came within the resolution laying on the table all petitions relating to slavery. Printed by Gales and Seaton. Reported by the editor of the Boston Daily Advocate.

Lincoln, Levi, 1782-1868
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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