Commander-in-Chief Pierce issues Proclamation 66, declaring the pro-slavery legislature in Lecompton to be the only legitimate government for the federal enclave of Kansas.

       [restored 2/21/2022]

Subsequent Events:

5/20/1856                   5/21/1856                  6/4/1856

Authority:

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 148.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,161,621,015,445

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