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- GLC#
- GLC00267.097
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1819
- Author/Creator
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
- Title
- A memorial to the Congress of the United States on the subject of restraining the increase of slavery in new states to be admitted into the Union.
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 22 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 13 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The First Age of Reform
Memorial from the citizens of Boston. "Prepared in pursuance of a vote of the inhabitants of Boston and its vicinity, assembled at the State house, on the third of December, A.D. 1819." Committee composed of Daniel Webster, George Blake, Josiah Quincy, James T. Austin, and John Gallison. Printed by Sewell Phelps, printer, no. 5, Court Street, Boston.
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