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Washington, D.C.: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1856. Paperback. Good (Light pencil markings to front page; pages are toned and foxed.). 8 pages (uncut and unbound). Speech of Hon. John M. Clayton, of Delaware, in the Senate of the United States, March 11, 1856, in executive session. -- WorldCat.
Speech of John M. Clayton, of Delaware, in Defence of Zachary Taylor. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, July 5, 1848 by Clayton, John M - 1848
by Clayton, John M
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Speech of John M. Clayton, of Delaware, in Defence of Zachary Taylor. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, July 5, 1848
by Clayton, John M
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Washington [D.C.]: Towers, printer, 1848. First edition. Removed. A very good clean copy with a mail fold.. 16 pp. 8vo. Whig or not Whig? "I am a Whig but not an ultra Whig." Sabin 13576n.
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- Date Published 1848
- Keywords U. S. Presidents, , Americana, Political Literature, U. S. Presidents, Campaign literature,, Pamphlet
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Captain S.F. Du Pont, U.S.N.: Speech of Hon. John M. Clayton, of Delaware, in the Senate of the United States, March 11, 1856, in Executive Session
by Clayton, John M
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Speech of John M. Clayton, of Delaware, on the Bill to Organize Territorial Governments in Nebraska and Kansas; Discussing the Missouri Compromise and the Doctrine of Non-Intervention delivered in the Senate of the United States; March 1 and 2 1854
by (Slavery in the Territories) Clayton, John M
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Washington: Printed at the Congressional Glove Office, 1854. First edition. pp. 22. 1 vols. 8vo. Self wrappers, unsewn as issued. Some browning and spotting, wear along spine and edges, but a very good copy. First edition. pp. 22. 1 vols. 8vo. Kansas-Nebraska Act. Primarily concerning the issue of slavery in the territories, this speech was part of the debates for the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The act, initiated by Douglas, ultimately repealed the Missouri Compromise allowed the local residents to determine whether the area was free or slave territory, allowed for "the doctrine of popular sovereignty of the two territories" and laid the way for a transcontental railroad. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed in the Senate on the 3rd of March. Clayton was a lawyer, noted agriculturist and long-time member of Congress who was Secretary of State under President Taylor. As Secretary of State he is best remembered for having negotiated the Clayton-Bulwer treaty with Great Britain which provided for a neutral…
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