Owen Lovejoy, Abolitionist in Congress, Volume 10Rutgers University Press, 1967 - 493 pages |
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Page 82
... land to Buffalo the steamer's salon was crowded with a caucus over which Lovejoy presided . A heated discussion of one eve- ning was carried over to the next morning , and the general drift was toward " a diversity of planks in the ...
... land to Buffalo the steamer's salon was crowded with a caucus over which Lovejoy presided . A heated discussion of one eve- ning was carried over to the next morning , and the general drift was toward " a diversity of planks in the ...
Page 84
... lands in limited quantities , at no charge to actual settlers . States should stop disposing of public land except to actual settlers- this would “ foster and multiply what is called the middling class " -the backbone of every country ...
... lands in limited quantities , at no charge to actual settlers . States should stop disposing of public land except to actual settlers- this would “ foster and multiply what is called the middling class " -the backbone of every country ...
Page 355
... land capitalists and " operators " like those described in Mark Twain's Gilded Age would very soon turn the Homestead Act into an instrument to gather up large holdings of timber , grazing , mineral , and fuel lands . Lovejoy had an ...
... land capitalists and " operators " like those described in Mark Twain's Gilded Age would very soon turn the Homestead Act into an instrument to gather up large holdings of timber , grazing , mineral , and fuel lands . Lovejoy had an ...
Contents
The Murder of Elijah P Lovejoy | 3 |
Was I to Bewray the Wanderer? | 25 |
Renovate the State1840 to 1844 | 52 |
Copyright | |
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