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- GLC#
- GLC02691.11.003-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- May 31, 1858
- Author/Creator
- Wright, Augustus Romaldus, 1813-1891
- Title
- "Arrest of Walker-Central America"
- Pagination
- 7 p. : Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 15.7 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Speech given by Rep. Augustus Wright in the House of Representatives on the arrest of William Walker in Central America. Walker was an American Citizen who expatriated himself to Nicaragua. He was later captured by the navy without legal authorization. Wright firmly opposed such action.
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