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Book/Printed Material In the Senate of the United States. December 18, 1860. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane submitted for consideration the following resolution. Whereas, in the years 1847-48, the northern states of this Union, by their legislatures, and almost with unanimity, adopted resolutions in favor of what was called the Wilmot Proviso, prohibiting slavery in all the territory acquired from Mexico, and the southern states soon afters [sic] passed counter resolutions declaring they would resist that measure Cited as: S. Misc. Doc. 36-4

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  • In the Senate of the United States. December 18, 1860. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane submitted for consideration the following resolution. Whereas, in the years 1847-48, the northern states of this Union, by their legislatures, and almost with unanimity, adopted resolutions in favor of what was called the Wilmot Proviso, prohibiting slavery in all the territory acquired from Mexico, and the southern states soon afters [sic] passed counter resolutions declaring they would resist that measure

Other Title

  • Cited as: S. Misc. Doc. 36-4

Names

  • United States Congress. Senate
  • Lane, Joseph 1801-1881
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. Senate, author

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1860.

Headings

  • -  Constitutional conventions
  • -  Resolutions, Legislative
  • -  Secession
  • -  Sectionalism (United States)
  • -  Slavery

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Motions and resolutions
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (2 pages).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 36-2:S.MIS.4
  • Y 1.1/2:1089

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024764066

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, Joseph Lane, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, and Author United States Congress. Senate. In the Senate of the United States . -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane submitted for consideration the following resolution. Whereas, in the years 1847-48, the northern states of this Union, by their legislatures, and almost with unanimity, adopted resolutions in favor of what was called the Wilmot Proviso, prohibiting slavery in all the territory acquired from Mexico, and the southern states soon afters sic passed counter resolutions declaring they would resist that measure. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1860] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024764066/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, Lane, J., United States Government Publishing Office, P. & United States Congress. Senate, A. (1860) In the Senate of the United States . -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane submitted for consideration the following resolution. Whereas, in the years 1847-48, the northern states of this Union, by their legislatures, and almost with unanimity, adopted resolutions in favor of what was called the Wilmot Proviso, prohibiting slavery in all the territory acquired from Mexico, and the southern states soon afters sic passed counter resolutions declaring they would resist that measure. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024764066/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, et al. In the Senate of the United States . -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane submitted for consideration the following resolution. Whereas, in the years 1847-48, the northern states of this Union, by their legislatures, and almost with unanimity, adopted resolutions in favor of what was called the Wilmot Proviso, prohibiting slavery in all the territory acquired from Mexico, and the southern states soon afters sic passed counter resolutions declaring they would resist that measure. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1860] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024764066/>.