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Box 1

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Contains 1 Result:

Essay, circa 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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Essay entitled “A Few Words upon the Right of a State to Withdraw from the United States” dating from Dooley’s college days, most likely early 1861, when he was a sophomore at Georgetown. These remarks may have been used in a student debate on the topic of secession and its ramifications.

Dates: circa 1861