Mar 31, 2016 - Sale 2408

Sale 2408 - Lot 46

Price Realized: $ 344
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) NEW YORK STATE. Three concurrent resolutions regarding slavery. Three narrow, letterpress folio documents, 12 x 6-1/2 inches; the first printed on one side only, the second and third, printed on both sides; very lightly toned, in remarkably good condition. Albany, NY, 7 to 23 January 1850

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Three resolutions passed in the New York State Assembly addressing the issue of slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico following the war of 1848. Aside from Texas, New Mexico, California et al, these Resolutions addressed the issue of slavery in the District of Columbia as well.