Preston S. Brooks letters, 1856 [manuscript].

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Bills of the 96th Congress to provide for temporary increases in the public debt limit, and for other purposes. From the description of Public debt legislation, 96th Congress : legislative history of public debt legislation, 1979-1980. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 243776779 Bill of the 96th Congress to impose a windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil, and for other purposes. From the description of Crude oil windfall profit tax act of 1980 ...

Brooks, John Hampden.

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Brooks, Preston S. (Preston Smith), 1819-1857

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Preston S. Brooks was a United States representative from South Carolina, 1853-1857. From the guide to the Preston S. Brooks Letters, ., 1856, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) U.S. representative from South Carolina, 1853-1857. From the description of Preston S. Brooks letters, 1856 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23992511 U.S. representative from South Carolina, 1853-1857; and member of the S.C. G...

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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Massachusetts lawyer and U.S. Senator, 1851-1874. He was an ardent abolitionist who attacked the south in his "crime against Kansas" speech in 1856. Two days later he was assaulted in the Senate, receiving injuries that took him years to recover from. From the description of Letters, 1858-1869. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55768315 Born in Boston, Mass., the U.S. statesman Charles Sumner studied law at Harvard and practiced law in his native ci...