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War Democratic State Committee, 1864 Watch words for War Democrats!

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01703 Author/Creator: War Democratic State Committee, 1864 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Broadside Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

Published by pro-war, pro-Union Democrats in New York. Quotes a speech made by Peter Cooper 20 years ago advocating Union principles. Reprints an article from a Catholic newspaper titled condemning slavery and an article from the impartial Boston Herald on the lack of freedom in the South.

War Democratic State Committee, 1864

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