A collection of twenty-four (24) scarce pamphlets and government publications related to the issue of Kansas Statehood and the Bleeding Kansas affair. Includes 1 duplicate (see #8).

Notably, the collection includes the first edition and the New York Tribune edition of Charles Sumner's famous "The Crime Against Kansas" speech (see #18 & 19). Given at the height of the Crisis, he was attacked two days later in the Senate chamber by South Carolina representative Preston Brooks in response. The incident highlighted increasing polarization between the North and South over the issue of slavery, and is considered a catalytic event leading to the outbreak of the Civil War.

The collection includes other prominent figures, including President Franklin Pierce, Senator William H. Seward (Lincoln's future Secretary of State), future Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens (writing as Senator from Georgia), Senator Stephen Douglas, Senator Edward Everett of Massachusetts, Lewis Cass, and 1860 presidential candidate John C. Breckinridge. 

Complete List, all 8vo: 

1. Edward Everett (1794-1865). Speech of Mr. Everett, of Massachusetts...on the Nebraska and Kansas Territorial Bill. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Globe Office, 1854. 14 pp.

2. T. G. Hunt. Good Faith and Union. [Washington, D.C.]: Congressional Globe Office, 1854. 8 pp.

3. John C. Breckinridge. Nebraska and Kansas. [Washington, D.C.]: Congressional Globe Office, 1854. 8 pp. Period ownership inscription to cover title.

4. Joseph R. Chandler. Sanctity of National Pledges. Speech of Hon. Joseph R. Chandler, on the Bill to Organize Territorial Government in Nebraska. [Washington, D.C.]: Congressional Globe Office, 1854. 7 pp.

5. Charles W. Upham. Nebraska and Kansas. [Washington, D.C.?]: N.p., 1854. 7pp. 

6. William Seward. Speech of William H. Seward, on the Kansas and Nebraska Bill. Washington, D.C.: Buell & Blanchard, 1854. 7 pp. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 79570. 

7. Minority Report of the Committee on the Nebraska Bill. New Haven, [Connecticut]: Babcock & Wildman, 1854. 19 pp. Former ownership stamp to cover title. 

8. (Two copies). Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882). Kansas and Nebraska - Georgia and Ohio - Free Labor and Slave Labor. Speech of Hon. Lewis De. Campbell, of Ohio. [Washington, D.C.]: Congressional Globe Office, 1854. 16 pp. 

9. John Singleton Millson. Nebraska and Kansas. [Washington, D.C.]: Congressional Globe Office, 1854. 8 pp.

10. Estimate - Kansas Territory. 33d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 31. [Washington, D.C.?]: N.p., 1855. 7 pp.

11. William Russell Smith. The American Party and Its Mission. Speech of Mr. Smith, of Alabama. [Washington, D.C.]: Congressional Globe, 1855. 2 pp.Sabin 84867. An early speech of the Know-Nothings, or which Smith was a member.

12. Franklin Pierce. Kansas. Message of the President of the United States, Relative to Affairs in the Territory of Kansas. 34th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 28. [Washington, D.C.]: N.p.,1856. 8 pp. 

13. Mordecai Oliver. Kansas Contested Election. [Washington, D.C.?]: N.p., 1856. 8 pp.

14. William H. Seward. The Immediate Admission of Kansas as a State. New York: New York Tribune, 1856. 15 pp. with New York Tribune advertisement to p. 16. Sabin 79525.

15. Henry Wilson. The State of Affairs in Kansas.  Washington, D.C.,: Republican Association of the District of Columbia, Buell & Blanchard, 1856. 16 pp. Pages uncut. 

16. [William Howard, John Sherman]. Kansas Affairs. 34th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Report No. 200. [Washington D.C.]: N.p., 1856. 29 pp.

17. Alexander Stephens. Speech of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, on the Bill to Admit Kansas as a Free State. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Globe Office, 1856. 16 pp.  

18. Charles Sumner. The Crime Against Kansas. The Apologies for the Crime. The True Remedy. Washington, D.C.: Buell & Blanchard, 1856. FIRST EDITION. 32 pp. Period ownership inscription tipped to cover page. Pages uncut, held with string. Sabin 93647.

19. Charles Sumner. The Crime Against Kansas. The Apologies for the Crime. The True Remedy. New York: New York Tribune, 1856. Second Edition. 30 pp. Sabin 93648.

20. Henry Bennett. Speech of Hon. Henry Bennett...for the Admission of Kansas as a Free State. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Globe, 1856. 14 pp. Pages uncut. 

21. Jacob Collamer & [B.F. Wade]. In the Senate of the United States...Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on Territories, submitted the following as the Views of the Minority on the Constitution of Kansas. [Washington D.C.]: N.p., 1857. 7 pp.

22. Stephen Douglas. Speech of Senator Douglas, of Illinois Against the Admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution. Washington, D.C.: Lemuel Towers, 1858. 30 pp. 

23. Contingent Expenses - Kansas Territory. 35th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 37. [Washington D.C.]: N.p., 1859. 3 pages. Publishing several letters from Lewis Cass. 

24. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas. 41st Congress, 2d Session. Senate, Mis. Doc. No. 54. [Washington D.C.]: N.p., 1870. 2 pp.

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Condition varies. Most with chipped edges, occasional toning. Disbound, some loose pages. Many uncut. A complete condition report is available upon request.