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Republican Party (Conn.). State Central Committee Address of the Union State Central Committee upon the constitutional amendment ...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08424 Author/Creator: Republican Party (Conn.). State Central Committee Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Broadside Date: 27 July 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Printed signature of James G. Batterson as Chairman. Title continues, "...extending the elective franchise to citizen soldiers in the field." Appeals to voters to approve elective franchise for soldiers in time for them to be able to vote in the 1864 Presidential election. Printed sheet. Lists the members of the Union State Central Committee.

Republican Party (Conn.). State Central Committee

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