[KANSAS TERRITORY]. A group of 4 pamphlets regarding the Kansas Territory and its admission to the Union, including:
SEWARD, William H. Speech of… Against Mr. Douglas’s Second Enabling Bill, and in Favor of the Immediate Admission of Kansas into the Union. N.p., 1856. 16pp. (Penciling on p. 1). –– STUART, C.E., Hon. Speech of… on Kansas Affairs. Washington, D.C.: Lemuel Towers, 1857. 16pp. Sabin 93153. –– MALLORY, S.R., Hon. Speech of…on the Admission of the State of Kansas. [Washington, D.C.:] Lemuel Towers, 1858. 15pp. –– STUART, C.E., Hon. Speech of… on the Lecompton Constitution, and the Report of the Committee of Conference. [Washington, D.C.:] Lemuel Towers, 1858. 16pp. Sabin 93157. –– Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, all 8vo, all individually re–inserted into modern wrappers, condition generally very good. Kansas was admitted to the Union as a free state on 29 January 1861, becoming the 34th state to join the United States.