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Collection Reference Number GLC00267.097
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1819 
Title A memorial to the Congress of the United States on the subject of restraining the increase of slavery in new states to be admitted into the Union
Date 1819
Author Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)  
Document Type Pamphlet
Content Description Memorial from the citizens of Boston. "Prepared in pursuance of a vote of the inhabitants of Boston and its vicinity, assembled at the State house, on the third of December, A.D. 1819." Committee composed of Daniel Webster, George Blake, Josiah Quincy, James T. Austin, and John Gallison. Printed by Sewell Phelps, printer, no. 5, Court Street, Boston.
Subjects Abolition  Reform Movement  African American History  Slavery  Congress  Government and Civics  Westward Expansion  Statehood  
People Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Government & Politics; Law; Westward Expansion
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859