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Morehead, C.S., 1802-1868 Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to the Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, &c.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08452.01 Author/Creator: Morehead, C.S., 1802-1868 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 7 April 1856 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 14.1 cm Order a Copy

House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 90 (34th Congress, 1st session). Morehead, Governor of Kentucky, attests these resolutions were adopted by the general assembly of Kentucky in December 1855. Reprinted by Congress April 1856. Kentucky resolves to "maintain the existing laws upon the subject of slavery" and opposes repeal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Morehead, C. S. (Charles Slaughter), 1802-1868

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