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Fessenden, Thomas A.D.

CONGRESSIONAL AUTOGRAPHS, 29TH CONGRESS, 1845-47; INCLUDING DAVID WILMOT,ON HIS SPEECH ABOUT THE WILMOT PROVISO, AND ANDREW JOHNSON.

A collection of House and Senate speeches from the 29th Congress, with the autographs of the speakers affixed to the first or last page of each entry. Collected by Thomas A.D. Fessenden (with his ownership signature), later a Congressman from Maine, (1862-63). Included are the signatures of 5 Senators and 50 Representatives, including future President Andrew Johnson, John C. Calhoun, David Wilmot, Lincoln Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens, Confederate firebrand R.B. Rhett, and many more. Bound in contemporary half-calf and marbled boards, hinges repaired. Unique.

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