Speech of Thaddeus Stevens, esq., in Favor of the Bill to Establish a School of Arts in the City of Philadelphia, and to Endow the Colleges and Academies of Pennsylvania. Delivered in the House of Representatives at Harrisburg, March 10, 1838

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