Barbour, Philip P.

SPEECH OF THE NATIONAL ROAD BILL, Delivered in the House of Representatives, March, 1830.

Washington, (DC): Printed by Duff Green, 1830. 8vo. 15 pp. [printed double-column]. The bill in question was designed to provide for the construction of a road from Buffalo, New York, through Washington, D. C., to New Orleans. Barbour (1783-1841), a native of Gordonsville, Virginia, served in the House, 1814-1825 and 1827-1830, as Speaker, 1821-1823, and served as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-1841. Tear and stain in lower margin of title leaf, but a very good, mostly unopened copy. Original printed self-wrappers (soiled). (10931). Item #64584

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