A crowd of two thousand gathered in Union Park in New York City at an evening Lincoln rally aimed at previous Whig and American Party voters. Horace Greeley, reminding the crowd Abraham Lincoln was an old Whig, spoke at length along with several well known local Whig and American politicians. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"Presidential: Mass Meeting in Union Square," New York Times, July 17, 1860.
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