Speech of Hon. Henry M. Phillips on the Admission of Kansas, March 9, 1858

This pamphlet contains the speech delivered by Hon. Henry M. Phillips of Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives on March 9, 1858, concerning the admission of Kansas as a state under the Lecompton Constitution. Phillips, a Democratic representative serving his only term in Congress, defended the Buchanan Administration's Kansas policy and supported the admission of Kansas under the pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution. Published in Washington, D.C., by the Congressional Globe Office in 1858, this first edition pamphlet comprises 8 pages and measures 24 cm. The pamphlet details the historical context of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 and its impact on the slavery debate in the United States.

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• PHILLIPS, HENRY MEYER ( 1811-1884)

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Arc.MS.56, Box 9