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Abbot, Abiel, 1765-1859 re: negative comments on Mormons and annexation of Texas

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02765 Author/Creator: Abbot, Abiel, 1765-1859 Place Written: Peterboro, NH Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1845/03/11 Pagination: 4 p. 25.5 x 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Abbot writes that the annexation of Texas is an "offense against humanity and a monstrous transgression of the law of God." With address on p. 4.

Abbott, Abiel, 1765-1859
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Texas
Mormons
Religion
American West
Westward Expansion
Government and Civics
US Constitution
Morality and Ethics
Age of Jackson

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