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Speech of Mr. Wm. B. Preston, of Virginia in the House of Representatives, February 7, 1849, on the Formation of a New State Out of the Territories of California and New Mexico
Washington DC: J. & G.S. Gideon, 1849. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 16 pp, in original self-wrappers. Some handling wear, light foxing. Preston proposed the creation of a single new state from all of the former Mexican territory. It was generally assumed that this would not be a slave state..... Item #1533