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Grimes, James W., 1816-1872 Joint resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to slavery and the admission of Kansas into the Union.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08452.07 Author/Creator: Grimes, James W., 1816-1872 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: February 6, 1857 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 14.4 cm Order a Copy

House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 38 (34th Congress, 3rd session). Grimes, Governor of Iowa, approved these resolutions in January 1857. Reprinted by Congress in February. Iowa states its opposition to "the further extension of slavery within the jurisdiction or by the sanction of the general government." Supports the admission of Kansas into the Union as a free state.

Grimes, James Wilson, 1816-1872

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