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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.373 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1848 |
| Title | Mr. Webster's speech at Marshfield, Mass. Delivered September 1, 1848, and the speech on the Oregon Bill, delivered in the United States Senate, August 12, 1848. |
| Date | 12 August 1848 - 1 September 1848 |
| Author | Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Press of T. R. Marvin. Webster writes, "I have said that I shall consent to no extension of the area of slavery, upon this continent; nor to any increase of slave representation in the other House of Congress... We of the North... have done that which, if those who framed the Constitution had foreseen, they never would have agreed to slave representation." |
| Subjects | US Constitution Law Government and Civics Congress African American History Slavery Westward Expansion |
| People | Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |