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Samuel Houston for President... Thoughts on Lincoln...



Item # 690628

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 Tesan Nomination" General Sam Houston Put Forth as the People's Candidate" and more concerning Sam Houston's bid for the presidency.
Also on the ftpg: "General Houston Accepts The San Jacinto Nomination" which is signed in type: Sam Houston. More on this inside as well.
Also on the ftpg: "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, a bit irregular at the spine nice condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War