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Shellabarger, Samuel, 1817-1896 [Speech of the Hon. Samuel Shellabarger of Ohio].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08227 Author/Creator: Shellabarger, Samuel, 1817-1896 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: January 8,1866 Pagination: Order a Copy

Speech on Reconstruction. Signed, with the number of copies requested, by Senators Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, William Windon, Thaddeus Stevens, and others.

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