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Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906 Judge Douglas--the bill of indictment : speech by Carl Schurz ; delivered at the Cooper Institute, N.Y., Sept. 13, 1860.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08851 Author/Creator: Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 13 September 1860 Pagination: 16 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy

Schurz, a German-American legislator, reformer, and journalist who campaigned for Abraham Lincoln during the election of 1860, attacks Stephen Douglas in this speech. Signed on first page by S. M. Carpenter. With note in ink at bottom of first page reading, "Excuse the quality, it is the last one in the capital."

Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

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