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Alfred H. Stone Collection
Volume: 6



19. William H. Welsh and James H. Walton, The Dred Scott Case: Report of Hon. William H. Welsh, in the Senate of Pennsylvania, May 11, 1857 (N.p., n.d.). (15 p.)


Minority report by two members of a five-member committee in the senate of the Pennsylvania legislature appointed to study the Supreme Court decision in regard to the Dred Scott case. The minority report endorses the Supreme Court decision because it upheld the principle of states rights.