Henry Wilson bills, 1864.

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Henry Wilson bills, 1864.

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Two bills on one sheet, with titles, "A bill to equalize the pay of soldiers" and "A bill to encourage enlistment by making the wives and children of colored soldiers free". Signed in pencil H. Wilson.

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Maine Historical Society Library

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Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875

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Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was the 18th vice president of the United States (1873–75) and a senator from Massachusetts (1855–73). Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading Republican, and a strong opponent of slavery. Wilson devoted his energies to the destruction of the "Slave Power" – the faction of slave owners and their political allies which anti-slavery Americans saw as dominating the country. Originally a Whig, Wil...