[Manuscript copy of a letter from Gerrit Smith to Hon. D. Wilmot]

Lysander Spooner papers, 1836-1886

1856-03-20

Manuscript copy of a four-page letter from Gerrit Smith of Peterboro [New York] to Hon. D. [David] Wilmot, dated March 20, 1856, in which he responds to a letter from Wilmot discussing slavery and the United States Constitution, and sends him a copy of Lysander Spooner's "the Unconstitutionality of Slavery."

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Mss Collection - Lysander Spooner papers

Constitutional law--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Slavery--United States
Slavery--Law and Legislation

Letters (correspondence)

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