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Thaddeus Stevens and the Buckshot War

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Title: Report of the Minority of the Committee Appointed to Enquire into the Causes of the Disturbances at the Seat of Government, in December, 1838
Author: [Stevens, Thaddeus]
Description: 12 pp. (8vo), disbound. First Edition.A rare early imprint in the career of Thaddeus Stevens, the future "Radical Republican" of Civil War and Reconstruction days, who would spearhead the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. In this pamphlet, Stevens, as a state Representative, expresses his minority-of-one view of the "Buckshot War", in which violent political rivalry led a mob to besiege the Legislature at Harrisburg, forcing Stevens to escape through a window. OCLC/WorldCat locates only three copies in institutional holdings.
Heading: (Pennsylvania "Buckshot War")Place Published: Harrisburg
Publisher: Boas & Coplan
Date Published: 1839