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Speeches by Sam Houston U.S. Senator from Texas

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Title: Nine speeches and resolutions by Sam Houston as U.S. Senator from Texas, including two duplicates
Author: Houston, Sam
Description: Includes: Speech of Mr. Houston of Texas on the Oregon Question... 9 pp. April, 1846. * Mr Houston made the following Report... for the survey, improvement, and fortification of the principal harbors on the coast of Texas... 2 copies. Each 9 pp. July 22, 1846. * Mrs. Houston submitted...the following Resolutions [on establishing a transcontinental railroad, construction of a military road, and estimate the number of military posts necessary to protect U.S. citizens]. 2 copies. Each 1 page. Jan. 8, 1849. * Speech of Hon. Sam Houston, of Texas, on the Subject of Compromise. 16 pp. Feb. 8, 1850. * Speech of Hon. Sam Houston, of Texas... on the Resolution Reaffirming the Compromise Measures. 8 pp. Dec. 22, 1851. * The Right of Petition. Remarks of Hon. Sam Houston, of Texas... in reply to Messrs. Douglas, Mason, Butler, and Adams. 7 pp. March 14, 1854. * Speech of Mr. Houston, of Texas, Favoring a Mexican Protectorate. 8 pp. Together, 9 items. Unbound, disbound, or removed from larger volumes.The former President of the Republic of Texas expounds upon maters of national import, from interstate communication, to Slavery, to international affairs.
Heading: Place Published: Washington
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Date Published: 1846-1858