List of orders for Thomas Hart Benton's speech, Nebraska and Missouri compromise bills : manuscript.

United States, circa 1854.

1 item

English

Gift of Charles Eberstadt and Lindley Eberstadt, 1969.

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Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) was a United States Senator from Missouri from 1821 to 1851. From 1853 to 1855, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 1st district.

Manuscript page, signed, recording an order for 6,100 copies of Thomas Hart Benton's speech, Nebraska and Missouri compromise bills, circa 1854. Among those who signed the order were Charles Sumner, W. H. Seward, Hannibal Hamlin, Hamilton Fish, S. P. Chase, John Bell, and Edward Everett.

May 23, 2019

List of Orders for Thomas Hart Benton's Speech, Nebraska and Missouri Compromise Bills. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

List of Orders for Thomas Hart Benton's Speech, Nebraska and Missouri Compromise Bills. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.