Joseph Gurney Cannon ppeech, 1916 [manuscript].

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Joseph Gurney Cannon ppeech, 1916 [manuscript].

Speech by Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836-1926) of Illinois, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, at the Guilford College Meeting House near his birthplace, concerning the contributions to American life of North Carolina Quakers and the responsibilities of the Causasian race.

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