STATE OF NEW-YORK. NO. 53. IN SENATE, FEBRUARY 26, 1839. REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OF THE ASSEMBLY IN RELATION TO THE RIGHT OF PETITION.
[Albany: 1839]. 27, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, untrimmed, generously margined. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. A flood of anti-slavery petitions to Congress in the late 1830's stimulated southern demands that such petitions "be laid on the table without being referred, printed or debated." Anti-slavery activists, and others opposing suppression of..... More