Lysander Spooner papers, 1836-1886

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1847
Spooner, Lysander, 1808-1887
Granger, Amos P. (Amos Phelps), 1789-1866
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873

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Mss Collection - Lysander Spooner papers

1855-11-06

Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, dated November 6, 1855, in which he expresses his pleasure that Spooner is writing an argument "on the Wilhelm case" and discusses the distribution of 300 copies of Spooner's book, "the Unconstitutionality of Slavery."

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

Letters (correspondence)

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