Lot 3020
Anti-Slavery Speech by Senator William H. Steward, 18-page stapled booklet, 5¾" x 9", containing full text of a speech made before Congress on February 17, 1854 in which Seward rails against the Kansas and Nebraska Statehood Bills on the grounds that both would permit slavery north of the dividing line agreed upon in the Missouri Compromise of 1820; slightly damp-stained with covers a bit loose, Fine. Estimate $300 - 400
Seward later became Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson.
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