Benjamin Stanton correspondence, 1856 July 30.

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Benjamin Stanton correspondence, 1856 July 30.

ALS from Stanton to David Chambers relating to congressional politics, appropriations, and the admission of Kansas to the Union.

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United States. Congress. House

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U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress. From the guide to the Subscription lists, 1870, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The first session of the Congress of the United States, under a resolution passed by the Congress of the Confederation, on September 13, 1788, was called to meet in New York City on March 4, 1789. On the appointed day only 13 Members of the House were present and, as this number did not constitute a quorum, the sessions...

Stanton, Benjamin, 1809-1872

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Chambers, David, 1780-1864

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