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The Democratic Central Committee Letter to Harrison in 1840
Louisville April 12 1840 account of a delegation’s meeting with General Harrison at North Bend Ohio and his reply to Abolition inquiries. The piece includes President Van Buren’s April 21 1840 detailed response outlining positions on slavery in District of Columbia and states, and the congressional actions cited. The letter is addressed to Levi Tyler Jacob Geiger D Meriwether and Thomas Read.
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