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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00483 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: [1864] Pagination: 1 p. ; 30 x 24 cm. Order a Copy

Prints the statements of the Republican and Democratic presidential campaign platforms. Under the headings Baltimore [Republican] and Chicago [Democrat], compares the two platforms in the election between Abraham Lincoln-Andrew Johnson and George B. McClellan-George H. Pendleton tickets.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
McClellan, George B., 1826-1885
Pendleton, George H. (George Hunt), 1825-1889

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