![Item #68182 SPEECH OF MR. BELL, OF TENNESSEE, ON THE BILL TO SECURE THE FREEDOM OF ELECTIONS, House of Representatives, January 25, 1837 caption title]. John BELL.](https://bartlebysbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/68182.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716147928)
SPEECH OF MR. BELL, OF TENNESSEE, ON THE BILL TO SECURE THE FREEDOM OF ELECTIONS, House of Representatives, January 25, 1837 caption title]
[Washington, DC]: np, 1937. One of two 1837 printings. 8vo. 16 pp. Introducing a bill to end corrupt practices in Federal elections. Bell (1796-1869) served in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1827-1841, and in the U.S. Senate, 1847-1859; he ran for President of the U.S. on the Constitutional Union ticket in 1860, winning the electoral votes of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. Disbound pamphlet (removed from a pamphlet volume, lacking outer wrappers, with binding residue along spine). Text with some marginal ink and one addition, else very good. Item #68182
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