"In Senate Of The United States…The bill from the House of Representatives , entitled 'An act for the admission of the state of Maine into the Union..."

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GLC#
GLC09376
Type
Documents
Date
February 3, 1820
Title
"In Senate Of The United States…The bill from the House of Representatives , entitled 'An act for the admission of the state of Maine into the Union..."
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
The First Age of Reform

"In Senate Of The United States…The bill from the House of Representatives , entitled 'An act for the admission of the state of Maine into the Union,' …being under consideration, …Mr. Thomas proposed to amend the said amendments, by adding… : …in all that tract of country ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, excepting only such part thereof as is included in the limits of the state contemplated by this act, there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any state or territory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed…" With manuscript note: "9th Feby this amendt to the amendt is withdrawn - and the Senate will withdraw the amendt to the Maine bill before they send it to this house. MR."

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