Argument in the case of Rhode-Island against Massachusetts. Printed

by Order of the General Assembly by Benjamin Hazard

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Providence: Knowles, Vose & Company, 1838. 8vo, pp. 60; stitched, as issued; external leaves foxed and dust-soiled, a crimp in lower margin throughout; all else very good. This case before the U.S. Supreme Court involves a boundary dispute between the two states dating back nearly 200 years. The Court rejected the states' rights argument made by Daniel Webster, representing Massachusetts, and affirmed its authority to determine the boundary, Justice Taney

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