Raleigh (NC) Standard, “The Chicago Convention,” May 23, 1860

    Source citation
    “The Chicago Convention,” Raleigh (NC) Standard, May 23, 1860, p. 1: 1.
    Newspaper: Publication
    Raleigh Weekly Standard
    Newspaper: Headline
    The Chicago Convention
    Newspaper: Page(s)
    1
    Newspaper: Column
    1
    Type
    Newspaper
    Date Certainty
    Exact
    Transcriber
    Don Sailer, Dickinson College
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    The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
    THE CHICAGO CONVENTION. – The black Republican Convention assembled on Wednesday. Chicago was thronged with delegates and visiters [visitors]. George Ashmun, of Massachusetts, was chosen President of the Convention. The prominent candidates for the nomination for President were Seward, Bates, Lincoln, McLean, Wade, and Dayton. Seward has in all probability been nominated.
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