Proceedings of the Senate Sitting for the Trial of William W. Belknap, Late Secretary of War, on the Articles of Impeachment Exhibited by the House of Representatives |
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| Title | Proceedings of the Senate Sitting for the Trial of William W. Belknap, Late Secretary of War, on the Articles of Impeachment Exhibited by the House of Representatives Making of Modern Law : Trials, 1600-1926 |
| Author | William Worth Belknap |
| Contributor | United States. Congress Senate |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1876 |
| Length | 1166 pages |
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