Collamer, Jacob (1791-1865) Speech of Hon. Jacob Collamer of Vermont, on affairs in Kansas. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 3 and 4, 1856.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05116.11 Author/Creator: Collamer, Jacob (1791-1865) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Pamphlet Date: 3 April 1856- 4 April 1856 Pagination: 1 v. : 29 p. ; 23.5 x 15.2 cm. Order a Copy
Printed at the Congressional Globe Office. Regarding Kansas, Senator Collamer states, "...I am not prepared at this moment to go at length into my reasons for believing as I do, that the best, the shortest, and the most quiet way is to admit that people with their constitution, and end the trouble." In extremely frail condition, fragmented, and disbound.
Collamer was a United States Representative 1843-1848 and Senator 1855-1866.
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