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HOWARD, Benjamin C. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford Cecember Term, 1856. Washington, D.C.: Cornelius Wendell, 1857.
8o. Original green printed wrappers (front wrapper reattached, wear to spine). Provenance: Dartmouth College Library (bookplate and withdrawn stamp).
FIRST EDITION, Washington issue. "The decision, which is all but universally repudiated by lawyers, taught the North that justice could not be relied on to settle sectional disputes, and so inflamed sectional hostility, by leading thinking men to believe that force was the only remedy left, as to be a prominent cause of the War Between the States" (Grolier American 68). Howes S-218; Sabin 33240.
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FIRST EDITION, Washington issue. "The decision, which is all but universally repudiated by lawyers, taught the North that justice could not be relied on to settle sectional disputes, and so inflamed sectional hostility, by leading thinking men to believe that force was the only remedy left, as to be a prominent cause of the War Between the States" (Grolier American 68). Howes S-218; Sabin 33240.