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Facts for the People, No. 1: The Conspiracy of Fillmore Leaders to Elect Buchanan, by Inducing Honest Men to Throw Away Upon Mr. Fillmore Votes Which Would Otherwise Be Cast Against Slavery Extension and for John C. Fremont. New York: H. F. Snowden, 1856. Book Primary 1856 Full Record
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Hyatt, Thaddeus. The Prayer of Thaddeus Hyatt to James Buchanan President of the United States, in Behalf of Kansas, Asking for a Postponement of All the Land Sales in that Territory, and for Other Relief; Together with Correspondence and Other Documents Setting Forth Its Deplorable Destitution from the Drought and Famine. Submitted under Oath, October 29, 1860. Washington, DC: H. Polkinhorn, 1860.  Book Primary 1860 Full Record
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Blessington, Joseph Palmer. The Campaigns of Walker's Texas Division. New York: Lange, Little & Co., 1875.
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Perkins, John D. “The Titus Hunters: Company D 11th Texas Infantry Regiment Walker's Texas Division.” East Texas Historical Journal 35, no. 1 (1997): 17-29. Journal Article Secondary 1997 Full Record
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Ponder, Jerry. General Sterling Price’s 1864 Invasion of Missouri. Mason, TX: Ponder Books, 1999. Book Secondary 1999 Full Record