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Abridgment of the Debates of Congress from 1789 to 1856 / from Gales and Seaton's Annals of Congress, from their Register of debates, and from the official reported debates by John C. Rives ; by the author of the Thirty years' view [i.e., Thomas Hart Benton].

Author/creator United States. Congress
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York : D. Appleton, 1857-1861.
Description16 volumes ; 26 cm
Supplemental Content Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorBenton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858.
Other author/creatorGales, Joseph, 1761-1841.
Other author/creatorGales, Joseph, Jr., 1786-1860.
Other author/creatorSeaton, William Winston, 1785-1866.
Other author/creatorRives, John C. (John Cook), 1795-1864.
Variant title Vol. 1 has half-title: Benton's abridgment of the Debates of Congress.
Contents v. 1. March 4, 1789-June 1, 1796 -- v. 2. Dec. 5, 1796-March 3, 1803 -- v. 3. Oct. 17, 1803-April 25, 1808 -- v. 4. Nov. 7, 1808-March 3, 1813 -- v. 5. May 24, 1813-March 3, 1817 -- v. 6. Dec. 1, 1817-March 3, 1821 -- v. 7. Nov. 13, 1820-April 14, 1824 -- v. 8. April 15, 1824-March 10, 1826 -- v. 9. March 13, 1826-Feb. 6, 1828 -- v. 10. Feb. 11, 1828-March 30, 1830 -- v. 11. March 31, 1830-July 16, 1832 -- v. 12. Dec. 3, 1832-July 4, 1836 -- v. 13. Dec. 7, 1835-March 3, 1839 -- v. 14. Dec. 16, 1839-March 3, 1843 -- v. 15. Dec. 4, 1843-June 18, 1846 -- v. 16. Dec. 7, 1846-Sept. 30, 1850.
General noteDebates are printed two columns to the page.
General noteIn the progress of the work various volumes were reissued (1860-63) by D. Appleton, New York (v. 1-2, New York and London)
General noteIncludes indexes.
General noteReproduction of original from Huntington Library.
General noteSabin no. 4783.
Citation/References note RLIN, CTRG02-B285
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Other titleBenton's abridgment of the Debates of Congress.
Other titleAnnals of Congress.
Other titleRegister of debates.

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