Record Data
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
Transcription date
Transcription
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.
