Trial of Andrew Johnson: President of the United States, Before the Senate of the United States, on Impeachment by the House of Representatives for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Volume 2 |
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| Title | Trial of Andrew Johnson: President of the United States, Before the Senate of the United States, on Impeachment by the House of Representatives for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Volume 2 Library of American civilization Selection of titles from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Trial of Andrew Johnson: President of the United States, Before the Senate of the United States, on Impeachment by the House of Representatives for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, United States. Congress |
| Author | Andrew Johnson |
| Contributor | United States. Congress |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1868 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 4 Dec 2006 |
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