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Beginning of the Republican Party: nomination of their first Presidential candidate...
Beginning of the Republican Party: nomination of their first Presidential candidate...
Item # 678428
June 19, 1856
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 19, 1856
* Republican Party is formed
* John C. Fremont nomination
* 1st nominated for United States president
A very historic issue for the Republican party as it reports their first Presidential nominee, John Fremont. The newly created political party held the prohibition of slavery as the principal issue of their platform.
The top of page 4 has a nice print of: "Col. John Charles Fremont" with the following text, taking a full column then carrying over to taking the entirety of page 5. It is headed: "THE PEOPLES' CONVENTION" "The Platform" "Col. J. C. Fremont Nominated for President" and other heads on page 5: "The Nomination" and "After the Nomination" among others.
Of significance is the full text of "The Platform" of the party.
Complete in 8 pages, nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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