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January 11, 1848

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Tuesday, January 11, 1848.
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Stewart of Pennsylvania attacks Polk's war and tariff policies, and Venable of North Carolina assails Ashmun's resolution. Lincoln obtains floor, but House adjourns before he can speak. Globe.

He writes Blair & Rives, publishers of "Congressional Globe" asking loan of Debates of 28th Congress, second session. "If sent [by messenger], I shall be careful to return uninjured, or pay for." Abraham Lincoln to Blair & Rives, 11 January 1848, CW, 1:431. 

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         <p> Stewart of Pennsylvania attacks Polk's war and tariff policies, and Venable
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         <p> He writes Blair &amp; Rives, publishers of "Congressional Globe" asking
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