COIN CERTIFICATES. Speech of Hon. Wm. M. Stewart, of Nevada, in the Senate of the United States, December 15, 1887

Stewart, William Morris

Verlag: [USGPO?], Washington DC, 1887

Beschreibung

14pp. Self-wrappers. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.75" x 5.5" Stewart (1827-1909), American lawyer and politician, left Yale University in 1850 to join the Gold Rush to California, soon moving on from San Francisco to begin mining in Nevada City, California. By 1860, he had gone on to Virginia City, Nevada, where he helped develop the Comstock Lode and took part in drafting a constitution for the new state of Nevada (1864). By 1903, he was one of the richest men in the Senate, a silver-mine owner with estimated net worth of 25 million dollars. Beyond money matters, he is recognized as the author of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." [WorldCat locates only the Western Reserve Hist Soc and U Notre Dame holdings of this title.]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 040550

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Titel: COIN CERTIFICATES. Speech of Hon. Wm. M. ...

Verlag: [USGPO?], Washington DC

Erscheinungsdatum: 1887

Einband: Softcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition.