part of N. M. lying south of 34 be given to Texas, we shall see if Texas won’t repeal that so called law of God. L a n c a s t e r H i s t o r y �This like all other letters is to yourself alone. I am respectfully Your friend Amos Ellmaker Thaddeus Stevens Esq. [on reverse] Amos Ellmaker [Esq.?] Send

MG0115_F002_In04_It01 Lancaster Septr. 22, 1855 Dear Sir In answer to your letter of yesterday I have to say that I know Peter Martin to be a fine Antislavery man, and as much opposed to the Kansas outrage; and as much in favor of the restoration of the Missouri Compromise as any man in the Union

MG0115_F002_In04_It02 [This item consists of a letter in Stevens’s and a copy in another hand.] [in Stevens’s hand] Octr. 24, 1857 Dear Sir As your case was not likely to be reached, being the 26. on the list we have continued it by consent until the Nov. Court— [Yours] Thaddeus Stevens Judge