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For the Union: The Compromise of 1850

The United States Senate, A.D. 1850, by P.F. Rothermel, engraved by R. Whitechurch, ca. 1855.

The United States Senate, A.D. 1850, by P.F. Rothermel, engraved by R. Whitechurch, ca. 1855.

 

The United States Senate, A.D. 1850, by P.F. Rothermel, engraved by R. Whitechurch, ca. 1855

Symbolic of the Senate’s “Golden Age of Oratory,” this image shows Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky presenting his compromise measures.

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