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Communications from several states... respecting the Alien & Sedition Laws

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05480 Author/Creator: Place Written: Richmond Type: Pamphlet Date: 1800 Pagination: 104 p. 16.4 x 10.5 cm Order a Copy

Full title: "Communications from several states, on the resolutions of the legislature of Virginia, respecting the Alien & Sedition Laws: also instructions from the General Assembly of Virginia, to their senators in Congress...." This is the first edition of this pamphlet, which was reprinted several times. Evans 38952. With Ex-lib. stamp of Texas State Library on pp. 57 and 84. (Possibly a made-up copy?). Printed by Meriwether Jones

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