Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Washington, April 14, [1862]

Mr. Kerrigan voted against the bill for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, but was kept out of the list in the telegraphing hence.

The House Committee on Elections were unable to agree on the case of Joseph Segar of the First Congressional District of Virginia. The subject will come up for discussion by the House upon its merits.

– Published in The Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, Wednesday, April 16, 1862

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