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Willard, Charles W., 1827-1880 Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in relation to Kansas.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08452.03 Author/Creator: Willard, Charles W., 1827-1880 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 13 May 1856 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 14.3 cm Order a Copy

House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 103 (34th Congress, 1st session). Willard, Secretary of State for Vermont, certifies these as a true copy of resolutions passed by Vermont in December 1855. Reprinted by Congress in May 1856. "Resolved, that the fugitive slave act of 1850 is contrary to the spirit of the Constitution of the United States..."

Willard, Charles W., 1827-1880

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