Report of the Special Committee Appointed to Investigate the Troubles in Kansas; With the Views of the Minority of Said Committee.

Washington, (DC): Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1856. First edition, House of Representatives Report No. 200, 34th Congress, 1st Session. Thick 8vo. vii, 1206 pp. Conflict over the legality of slavery in the Territory of Kansas, resulting in bloody and lethal confrontations and the rise to prominence of the abolitionist John Brown. With the cattle skull bookplate of Frederic Remington on the front pastedown. Very good. Original black cloth (rubbed), gilt spine title). (10111). Item #63434

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