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Item #8842 [drop-title] Oregon -- Governor Gaines. Message from the President of the United...

[drop-title] Oregon -- Governor Gaines. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Copies of Correspondence with Governor Gains in Reference to the Government of the Territory of Oregon, May 3, 1852.

[Washington]: 1852. Disbound. Octavo. 8 pp. Removed from volume. A very nice copy, notwithstanding. Gaines was appointed governor of the Territory of Oregon in 1849 by President Fillmore and served in that position until 1853. The controversy over the location of the capital (related here) lasted throughout Gaines's administration. Rare.....

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Item #8843 [drop-title] Oregon Territory. Memorial of Columbia Lancaster and W. T. Matlock,...

[drop-title] Oregon Territory. Memorial of Columbia Lancaster and W. T. Matlock, Presiding Officers of the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Oregon. February 19, 1852

[Washington]: 1852. Disbound. Octavo. 5, [1] pp. Removed from volume. Early ink notation above the title on the first page else clean. The controversy over the location of the capital of the Oregon Territory created a political schism in the territorial government, with the Democratic majority in the legislature pressing.....

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Item #8864 [drop-title] Speech of Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, in the House of...

[drop-title] Speech of Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, on the Reference of the President's Annual Message. Made in Committee of the Whole, February 20, 1850

[Washington]: Buell & Blanchard, 1850. Disbound. Octavo. 8 pp. Removed from volume. Inner margin a bit irregular; horizontal creases from being folded. Stevens rails against "Southern gentlemen" who he argues have obstructed the business of Congress by speeches on the subject of slavery. The remedy? Another speech on slavery. And.....

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