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[Letter from V. E. Maignan to Ferdinand Louis Huth, April 9, 1856]

Description: Letter from V. E. Maignan to [Ferdinand] L[ouis] Huth regarding merchandise. They inform him that they've double-checked the cost of powder, were not able to get any tobacco of the same brand and replaced on type of tin with another. Signed V. E. Maignan on April 9, 1856 in New Orleans.
Date: April 9, 1856
Creator: Maignan, V. E.
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Map of the United States and territories: showing the possessions and aggressions of the slave power.

Description: Map shows slave holding [dark shaded], non-slave holding [unshaded], and disputed territorries [grayed] parts of the United States during the decade before Civil War. The "Missouri Compromise" is indicated with a parallel line extending from the northern Arkansas border to California. No scale indicated. Political representation of slave holding, non-slave holding, and territories is also indicated. This broadside was printed and distributed in support of 1856 Republican Party presidential cand… more
Date: 1856
Creator: Bloss, William C.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Sale for Daniel

Description: Bill of sale for a man around 35 years old named Daniel, sold as a slave to Michael Reed by B. Pool and signed January 2, 1856.
Date: January 2, 1856
Creator: Pool, B.
Partner: Southwestern University
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