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Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States...
Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States...
Item # 692531
November 10, 1860
HARTFORD WEEKLY TIMES, Connecticut, Nov. 10, 1860
* President Abraham Lincoln
* First presidential election win
* Civil War on the horizon
The top of page 2 has a column headed: "The Presidential Contest" "Election Of Lincoln and Hamlin" "The North for Lincoln - The South Mostly For Breckinridge" "Lincoln Comes In With A Congress Against Him!"
A wealth of reporting here with some interesting editorial comments. Other related articles include: "Trouble!" which is brief: "Northern U.S. Senators have been requested to repair to Washington immediately, a dissolution of the Union appearing to be inevitable." Also: "The Effect of the News, South" "New Jersey Votes Against Lincoln" "Results of Republican Success" "The Union to be Dissolved" "The South Now Moving" "The 'Panic Game' " and "A Hollow Victory".
Four pages, archivally rejoined at the spine, large folio size, nice condition. The folder size noted is for the issue folded in half
Category: Pre-Civil War
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