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------. Speech of Hon. Reuben Davis, of Mississippi, on his resolution for the acquisition of Cuba. Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 31, 1859. Washington: Printed by L. Towers, 1859.
------. Speech of Hon. Reuben Davis, of Mississippi, on the State of the Union; in the House of Representatives, December 22, 1858. Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1858.