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Sampson, Zabdiel, 1781-1828 to Aaron Hobart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.03 Author/Creator: Sampson, Zabdiel, 1781-1828 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 March 1820 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket : free frank ; 24.5 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Briefly reports the passage of the Missouri Compromise: "The question, so long debated in Congress of excluding slavery from our territories is settled, by the passage of a bill...which excludes slavery forever, from the whole of the American Continent lying & being north and west of the State of Missouri."

Sampson, Zabdiel, 1781-1828
Hobart, Aaron, 1787-1858

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