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English: "John Quincy Adams' handwritten draft of his resolution against the "Gag rule" which automatically tabled any discussion of the issue of slavery on the floor of the House. May 1836." https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2000/nr00-24.html https://www.archives.gov/faqs/index.html#copyright
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Author U.S. Government -- John Quincy Adams (1767 – 1848)

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