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Gardner, Henry J. (Henry Joseph), 1819-1892 Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the Territory of Kansas.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08452.04 Author/Creator: Gardner, Henry J. (Henry Joseph), 1819-1892 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 14 June 1856 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 14.2 cm Order a Copy

House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 120 (34th Congress, 1st session). Gardner, Governor of Massachusetts, approved these resolutions 3 June 1856. Reprinted by Congress 14 June 1856. "...the inhabitants of Kansas are justifiable in declining to recognise the code of laws which was forced upon the Territory by the act of a body of men calling themselves a legislature..."

Gardner, Henry J. (Henry Joseph), 1819-1892

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