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Newspaper
Meigs County Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1856
Page
2
A long historical excerpt argues Thomas Jefferson opposed slavery and urged Congress to prohibit it in U.S. territories. It contrasts Jefferson with slaveholding contemporaries, cites Founding-era debates, and urges readers to reject pro slavery positions while praising Jefferson’s stands and early territorial abolition efforts.
The piece extols William L. Davron born in Somerset County New Jersey in 1907 and outlines a long political career from New Jersey Legislature to Supreme Court, urging his suitability as the next vice president. It notes party ties Whig era stances on slavery and cites sentiment from multiple newspapers favoring Fremont and the anti slavery position.
Charles Sumner born January 8 1811 in Boston rises to national prominence as a lawyer educator and publicist. The article traces his education at Boston Latin School and Harvard University his early legal career in Boston and Cambridge his lecturing at Cambridge Law School and his European studies including a stint in Paris where he advised on the American claim to the western boundary and published the defense in an American journal.
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