A Caveat; or Considerations Against the Admission of Missouri with Slavery, into the Union

by Missouri Compromise

$650 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

40pp. 8vo. Disbound, trimmed. Provenance: Theodore Dwight signature on title, mostly trimmed off . Howes C249; Sabin 11596; Shoemaker 701. Item #372135 A detailed legal debate on the constitutionality of the proposed Compromise, arguing that Missouri should be refused as a slave state. Although unattributed, possibly by William Hillhouse.

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