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              <text>&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Richmond enquirer. [Volume LVL-Number 43], October 28, 1859, SEMI-WEEKLY-EDITION&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;LETTER FROM SENATOR MASON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Cardinal Democratic Principles on the Slavery Question&lt;/span&gt;</text>
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              <text>A firsthand account of the aftermath of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, written by James Murray Mason himself to an unnamed newspaper editor. The text of this letter is reprinted in the attached 10.28.1859 issue of the &lt;em&gt;Richmond Enquirer.&lt;/em&gt; On the page following stand a list of "principles" which seek to preserve and protect slavery in various respects. &lt;br /&gt;</text>
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              <text>Item # 813, Mason's Legacies</text>
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