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- GLC#
- GLC04717.23-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 17 July 1855
- Author/Creator
- Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
- Title
- To the New York Tribune
- Place Written
- Peterboro, New York
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 31.2 cm, Width: 19.3 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Smith discusses the Tribune's former claim that he was absent from the House of Representatives on the night of the Kansas-Nebraska Act's passage in 1854. Thanks the Tribune for finally admitting he was present in the House, and voted against the Bill. Wishes the Tribune would also acknowledge that he also made a speech against the Bill. Includes his argument against the Bill.
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