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The Pennsylvania delegation and the peculiar institution: the two faces of the Keystone State

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14664
Author
Finkelman, Paul
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.112
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by Paul Finkelman.
Author
Finkelman, Paul
Physical Description
49-71 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.112 (January 1988).
Subjects
Wilson, James - 1742-1798.
Morris, Gouverneur, - 1752-1816.
Slavery - Pennsylvania
Slave trade - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - 1783-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.112
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/44286/44007
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Thaddeus Stevens & the "Buckshot War" of 1838

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11973
Author
Wentz, Douglas E.
Date of Publication
1983.
Call Number
905.748 SM (Dec.1983)
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by Douglas E. Wentz.
Author
Wentz, Douglas E.
Date of Publication
1983.
Physical Description
26-29 p.
Notes
In: Susquehanna Magazine, December 1983.
Summary
This article chronicles a conflict in Harrisburg, PA, when open warfare threatened to break out due to a dispute over what party would control the state House of Representatives. State militia was called out and armed with buckshot. No shots were fired however, and the dispute was settled.
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - (1792-1868)
Buckshot War, Harrisburg, Pa., 1838.
Pennsylvania - History - 1783-1861.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1783-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 SM (Dec.1983)
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