Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 to unknown

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GLC#
GLC08161
Type
Letters
Date
28 June 1856
Author/Creator
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Title
to unknown
Place Written
Hartford, Connecticut
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Discusses the prospects of the newly formed republican party in the election of 1856. Comments that some would like to see William Freame Johnston on the ticket but Welles hopes Johnston will withdraw. Also discusses the prospects of Millard Filmore, the Whigs, James Buchanan, and the Know Nothing Party, and comments on their various supporters. William Freame Johnston was nominated by the North American Party to run for vice president with John C. Fremont on the Republican ticket but withdrew.

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