History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches, Letters, Addresses, Proclamations, and Messages. With a Preliminary Sketch of His Life |
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... Convention of 1860 , met on the 16th of May , at Chicago , in an immense building which the people of Chicago had put up for the pur- pose , called the Wigwam . There were 465 Delegates . The city was filled with earnest men , who had ...
... Convention of 1860 , met on the 16th of May , at Chicago , in an immense building which the people of Chicago had put up for the pur- pose , called the Wigwam . There were 465 Delegates . The city was filled with earnest men , who had ...
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... Convention , and in the afternoon of the first day a permanent organization was effected by the choice of George Ashmun , of Massachusetts , as President , with 27 Vice - Presidents and 25 Secretaries . On Thursday , the 17th , the ...
... Convention , and in the afternoon of the first day a permanent organization was effected by the choice of George Ashmun , of Massachusetts , as President , with 27 Vice - Presidents and 25 Secretaries . On Thursday , the 17th , the ...
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... Convention at once . Mr. Car- ter , of Ohio , rose and announced a change in the vote of the Ohio Delegation of four votes in favor of Mr. Lin- coln , and the Convention at once boiled over into a state of the wildest excitement . The ...
... Convention at once . Mr. Car- ter , of Ohio , rose and announced a change in the vote of the Ohio Delegation of four votes in favor of Mr. Lin- coln , and the Convention at once boiled over into a state of the wildest excitement . The ...
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... Convention to inform Mr. Lincoln officially of his nomination ; Mr. Ashmun , President of the Convention , addressing Mr. Lincoln , said : " I have , sir , the honor , in behalf of the gentlemen who are present - a Committee appointed ...
... Convention to inform Mr. Lincoln officially of his nomination ; Mr. Ashmun , President of the Convention , addressing Mr. Lincoln , said : " I have , sir , the honor , in behalf of the gentlemen who are present - a Committee appointed ...
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... Convention , and all the people represented in it , my profoundest thanks for the high honor done me , which you now formally announce . Deeply , and even painfully sensible of the great responsibility which is inseparable from this ...
... Convention , and all the people represented in it , my profoundest thanks for the high honor done me , which you now formally announce . Deeply , and even painfully sensible of the great responsibility which is inseparable from this ...
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