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19 February 1855
Cameron, Simon (1799-1889)
to Robert G. White
Discusses local Pennsylvania politics and an election he hopes to win. Details the tactics of his enemies, and his plan to defeat them.
GLC05891.04
12 March 1855
Discusses a recent election he has just lost. Believes his opponents defeated him only because of dubious practices, hopes for another election, and believes he will prevail in the long run.
GLC05891.05
18 August 1856
Discusses upcoming elections, support of Fremont over Buchanan. Believes he can help Fremont win the election.
GLC05891.07
28 November 1856
Asks White to make sure that a State Legislator votes for him in his upcoming bid for the Senate. Cameron believes "With his vote, I can essentially be elected." Cameron was successfully elected to the Senate that year. Written at "Lochiel,"...
GLC05891.08
30 April 1854
Discusses politics, upcoming elections, and plans to use promises of political patronage to secure votes.
GLC05891.09
1846/01/15
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
to John Bennett re: lobbying support during his successful bid for Congress
Basler, Roy R. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. I 1824 - 1848, p. 355
GLC05927
1847
Taylor, Zachary (1784-1850)
Taylor & his battles [large colored sheet, illustrated] [election-related?]
Hand-colored yellow, green, and red. Depicts Taylor in various battles from the War of 1812, Seminole Indian Wars and the Mexican War. Printed by Rufus Blanchard of Cincinnati and published by Ensign & Thayer, New York.
GLC05952
13 June 1820
Hill and Moore
New-Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette [Vol. 2, no. 24 (June 13, 1820)]
One issue of the New-Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette dated June 13, 1820. Newspaper contains advertisements, proclamations by President James Monroe, and auctions. The proclamations concern the selling of government land in the district of Detroit...
GLC09791.27
circa 1823-1824
Unknown
[Print of Joseph C. Yates, 7th Governor of New York]
One print of Joseph C. Yates by an unknown artist.
GLC08878.1051
2 March 1852
Richardson, William H. (fl. 1852)
"Statements Relative to Slaves Executed, Reprieved for Transportation &c. "
One pamphlet entitled, "Statements Relative to Slaves Executed, Reprieved for Transportation &c," dated March 2, 1852. Contains three pages of tables that gives the names of enslaved people, slaveowner names, crimes charged against the enslaved...
GLC09820
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