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Davis, Garrett, 1801-1872 Speech of Hon. Garrett Davis, of Kentucky, in Committee of the Whole; in which He Gives a Sketch of the Political History of Massachusetts

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01265.25 Author/Creator: Davis, Garrett, 1801-1872 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1864 Pagination: 39 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Published by L.Towers & Co. Speech delivered in U.S. Senate on February 16-17, 1864. Includes a detailed account of a resolution of expulsion brought against Davis by a Massachusetts senator.

Davis, Garrett, 1801-1872

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