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The Potomac and the Rapidan. Army notes, from the failure at Winchester to the reënforcement of Rosecrans. 1861-3

Written by Quint as the chaplain of the Second Massachusetts Infantry. Published in Boston by Crosby and Nichols and in New York by O.S. Felt. Electrotyped at the Boston Stereotype Foundry at 4 Spring Lane. Quint says the book came about from his...

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Speech of Hon. L. F. S. Foster, of Connecticut, on the Lecompton Consitution; delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 8 and 19, 1858.

Untrimmed and unopened. Foster opposed the Lecompton Constitution.

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Revolution in the law of the land. Speech of Hon. E. P. Walton of Vermont, on the bill for the admission of Kansas; delivered in the House of Representatives, March 31, 1858.

Printed at the Congressional Globe Office. Most pages uncut. Walton argues for the defeat of the Lecompton Constitution.

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[House report no. 377 regarding the Lecompton Constitution, and the admission of Kansas into the Union]

35th Congress, 1st session. Opens with a report of Representative Stephens, from the Select Committee. Also includes a message from President James Buchanan, and other documents related to the admission of Kansas to the Union under the Lecompton...

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Kansas. Constitution adopted by the convention held at Leavenworth.

35th Congress, 2nd session. House of Representatives. Mis. Doc. No. 44. Submitted by Conway as president of the Leavenworth convention and Samuel F. Tappan, secretary. Includes a list of other convention members. Calls for the admission of...

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[Report accompanying bill no. 23, regarding admission of Kansas to the Union]

36th Congress, 1st session. House of Representatives report no. 255. Opens with the report, submitted by Grow and other members of the Committee on Territories. Contains the Wyandott Constitution of 1859, arguing for the admission of Kansas...

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The Democrat's almanac and people's register for 1841.

Almanac with a summary of the life of Martin Van Buren, appealing for his election in 1840. Published by E. Littlefield, 122 Washington Street. Title page includes contents: "Containing, in addition to the usual calendar pages, a brief sketch of...

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The Union and the state-rights parties. Speech of Hon. E. W. Chastain, of Georgia, on the position of the Union Party of Georgia.

Printed at the Congressional Globe Office. Delivered in the House of Representatives 5 March 1852.

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Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, held at Baltimore, June 1-5, 1852, for the nomination of cadidates for president and vice president of the United States.

Records the proceedings of the convention which nominated Pierce for President. Gives very detailed descriptions of each day's proceedings, along with lists of committee members, the votes from each state broken down by district (if applicable), and...

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Buchanan and Breckinridge. The Democratic hand-book, compiled by Mich. W. Cluskey, of Washington City, D.C. Recommended by the Democratic national committee. The success of the Democracy essential for the preservation of the Union and the protection of the integrity of the Constitution.

Compiled to disprove the "unprecedented charges against the Democratic candidate..." Selections are from the works of Democratic leaders "who represent the uniform and united opinions of the Democracy, North and South..." Includes the Missouri...

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