Walker, Robert J. (Robert John) (1801-1869) An Appeal for the Union. Letter from the Hon. Robert J. Walker
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.203 Author/Creator: Walker, Robert J. (Robert John) (1801-1869) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1856 Pagination: 1 v. : 15 p. ; 22.3 x 14.4 cm. Order a Copy
Printed by John F. Trow. An appeal for James Buchanan for President.
Walker was a United States Senator from Mississippi 1835-1846, Secretary of the Treasury 1845-1849, and Governor of the Kansas Territory in 1857.
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