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Samuel Houston for President... Thoughts on Lincoln...
Samuel Houston for President... Thoughts on Lincoln...
Item # 690609
May 30, 1860
NEW YORK HERALD, May 30, 1860 The front page begins with column heads: "The Presidential Campaign" "The Same Houston Demonstration at Union Square" "Ratification of the Texas Nomination" General Sam Houston Put Forth as the People's Candidate" and more concerning Sam Houston's bid for the presidency.
Also on the front page: "General Houston Accepts The San Jacinto Nomination" which is signed in type: Sam Houston. More on this inside as well.
Also on the front page: "The Slave Trade in New York - Seizure of Another Supposed Slaver, and Arrest of Her Captain".
Inside has: "News From Washington" "Old Abe Lincoln's Congressional Record Overhauled" "Another Slaver Captured off the Coast of Cuba".
Eight pages, archival strengthening at all of the margins, irregular at the spine with some minor loss.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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