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Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08161 Author/Creator: Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 June 1856 Pagination: 4 p. : Order a Copy

Discusses the prospects of the newly formed republican party in the election of 1856. Comments that some would like to see William Freame Johnston on the ticket but Welles hopes Johnston will withdraw. Also discusses the prospects of Millard Filmore, the Whigs, James Buchanan, and the Know Nothing Party, and comments on their various supporters. William Freame Johnston was nominated by the North American Party to run for vice president with John C. Fremont on the Republican ticket but withdrew.

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Johnston, William F., 1808-1872
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

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