A Collection of 30 Printed Speeches and Addresses delivered by Lewis Cass, longtime 19th Century US Senator from Michigan concerning the important events of his day.

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Price: 650.00 USD

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np (Washington DC), nd (1830s - 50s. Each approximately 8.5 x 5.5, removed, worn, toned, some foxed, edges rough, soiled, couple stained, several duplicates, some detachments, else a good, usable lot. Contains much on Oregon Territory & the 49th Parallel, California, slavery and Kansas/Nebraska, Mexican War (Wilmot Proviso), British bullying, etc.; includes letter from the Secretary of War (he was Jackson's) concerning Indiana's Harbor at Trail Creek, with two identical map present; also three copies of Cass' speech in the Senate on the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (concerning a proposed canal in Nicaragua), a couple on Cuba, etc. Interesting lot. Cass was a War of 1812 hero, Territorial Governor of Michigan, Secretary of State for Buchanan, Ambassador to France, and the Democratic nominee for the Presidency in 1848. Fantastic but fragile collection.

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