Tag Archives: John C. Fremont

irrepressible

Posted on October 10, 2022 by SUMPTER

On October 10, 1872 former U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward died at his home in Auburn, New York. People in the Midwest could read all about it the next day. From the October 11, 1872 issue of The … Continue reading →

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“on the edge of Niagara”

Posted on July 1, 2014 by SUMPTER

A famous abolitionist was pretty unimpressed with the author of the Emancipation Proclamation. From The New-York Times July 1, 1864: WENDELL PHILLIPS ON THE ADMINISTRATION.; Reasons Why He Cannot Support Lincoln and Johnson–Mr. Lincoln’s Re-election a Public Calamity. To the … Continue reading →

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“salutary retaliation” plank

Posted on May 27, 2014 by SUMPTER

150 years ago this week anti-Lincoln Republicans convened in Cleveland to set up an alternative party to contest the 1864 presidential election. Here Frederick Douglass set out his expectations for the fledgling party’s platform. Understandably (Mr. Douglass pushed for the … Continue reading →

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Ensconsed at the Astor House

Posted on February 21, 2011 by admin

As the Civil War Daily Gazette has reported Vice President Elect Hannibal Hamlin and his wife finally made it to New York City where Hamlin pinch-hit for Lincoln by giving a quick speech from a window at the Astor House … Continue reading →

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