Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

Thirtieth Congress
Second Session

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9 Congress of the United States
Resolved By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
CONGRESS ASSEMBLED,
That two hundred and forty copies of the “American Archives”
be placed at the disposal of the Joint Committee on the Library of
Congress, to be distributed from time to time under their direction, to
literary institutions in the several States and Territories, in the
proportion of one copy for every Representative and Delegate in Cong-
ress from said states and Territories; ^(^and each representative

in Congress shall present the Committee the name of the Institution to which a copy of such books shall be distributed^)^.

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02/20/1849
Passed the House of Representatives,
February 20^th AD 1849
Attest
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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Joint Resolution
Authorizing the distribution of the “America[n] Archives” under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, to Literary Institutions in the several States and Territories.

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03/01/1849
In Senate of the United States
March 1, 1849.
Resolved, That this Joint Resolution pass, with amendments.
Attest
Asbury Dickins
Secretary

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debate [gos?] over

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