Wells' national hand-book : embracing numerous invaluable documents connected with the political history of America : among which are the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States, Washington's four most important addresses, Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, Kansas and Nebraska Act of 1854, Compromise of 1820, population of the United States at decennial periods, formation of the original American union, electoral votes for President and Vice-President from 1789 to 1854, Great Seal of the United States with an illustrated history and description, seals of the thirty-one states with descriptions and illustrations, biographical sketches of the ex-Presidents with portraits of each, lives and portraits of the nominees for President and Vice-President, platforms of the three political parties, Congress of the United States, & c, & c, & c, interspersed with interesting incidents of each administration.
by: Wells, John G. 1821-1880
Published: (1856)
