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Lincoln accepts the nomination... More on Lincoln... Slave captures...
Lincoln accepts the nomination... More on Lincoln... Slave captures...
Item # 713878
June 12, 1860
NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, June 12, 1860 The front page contains Lincoln's acceptance of the Republican nomination, prefaced with the letter from George Ashimun telling Lincoln he won the nomination. Following this is Lincoln's letter of acceptance beginning: "I accept the nomination tendered me by Convention over which you presided..." with more, signed in type: Abraham Lincoln. And then is Hannibal Hamlin's acceptance of the Vice President nomination.
Page 2 has: "Abe Lincoln, The Rail Candidate" and also a letter from Lincoln dated at Springfield, May 17, 1859, signed in type: Abraham Lincoln.
Page 4 has a very interesting article: "Rail-Splitting" which comments on the reference to Lincoln being a "railsplitter" noting near the beginning: "gentlemen appear to be a good deal disturbed at the presentation made of the Republican candidate for the Presidency as having once been a rail-splitter..." with much more.
There is more on Lincoln in this issue, some shown in the photos.
Also: "The Latest Slave Capture" which is a fascinating article on the liberation of some 450 slaves from the ship. A few bits include: "...the increasing odor placed beyond all doubt the fact that the bark had under her hatches a cargo of negroes. And now we began to hear a sort of suppressed moaning which soon swelled into the unmistakable murmur of many human voices...with a tremendous shout the hatches were forced open...our burst hundreds, the self-liberated slaves...They danced & leaped & waved their arms in the air..." with much more (printing crease here does not cause text loss).
Eight pages, very nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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