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New Jersey election speech of Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, in opposition to the proposition of Mr. C. Johnson, of Tennessee, to instruct the Committee on Elections "to report forthwith which five of the ten individuals claiming seats from the state of New Jersey received the greatest number of votes," at the election of 1838, the parties being at the time absent taking evidence by authority of the Committee : delivered in the House of Representatives, February 25 and 26, 1840.
- Title
- New Jersey election [electronic resource] : speech of Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, in opposition to the proposition of Mr. C. Johnson, of Tennessee, to instruct the Committee on Elections "to report forthwith which five of the ten individuals claiming seats from the state of New Jersey received the greatest number of votes," at the election of 1838, the parties being at the time absent taking evidence by authority of the Committee : delivered in the House of Representatives, February 25 and 26, 1840.
- Author
- Smith, Truman, 1791-1884.
- Publication
- Washington [D.C.] : Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1840.
Details
- Additional Authors
- United States. Congress (26th, 1st session : 1839-1840). House.
- Description
- 21 p.; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Note
- "By authority of the Committee."
- Concerning the contested 1838 election in New Jersey, dubbed the "Great Seal War" because of charges that the Whig Governor of New Jersey unseated successful Congressional candidates by illegally affixing the state seal to the election certificates of Whig candidates.
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 84451.
- Indexed In (note)
- RLIN
- Reproduction (note)
- Electronic reproduction.
- OCLC
- CTRG00-B248
- Author
- Smith, Truman, 1791-1884.
- Title
- New Jersey election [electronic resource] : speech of Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, in opposition to the proposition of Mr. C. Johnson, of Tennessee, to instruct the Committee on Elections "to report forthwith which five of the ten individuals claiming seats from the state of New Jersey received the greatest number of votes," at the election of 1838, the parties being at the time absent taking evidence by authority of the Committee : delivered in the House of Representatives, February 25 and 26, 1840.
- Imprint
- Washington [D.C.] : Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1840.
- Indexed In:
- RLIN, CTRG00-B248
- Reproduction
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- United States. Congress (26th, 1st session : 1839-1840). House.