Raynors 2012-09
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Excellent content Lincoln campaign letter, June 8, 1864, 4pp., Alexandria, Va., written by James G. Crawford, 3rd Reg. Vet. Res. Corps to his brother. Crawford begins with issues pertaining to his service and not joining up with the calvary again, he then goes into politics of the day, in part: "The Baltimore Convention is going on briskly as you are most likely aware. I get the paper every day of the proceeding of the convention and it appears they are all going for old Abe again. What do you think of the hateful Freemont after what a letter he wrote to the committee of the Cleveland Convention, if you have not read it you should and just find him out in time. The convention was in session in Cleveland, O. on the 31st of May / 64. Gov. Todd is at Baltimore now and he says the soldiers of Ohio will get to vote for the President. I calculate to vote for old uncle abe again if I get a chance....". The 1864 Republican National Convention, the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States, took place from June 7 to June 8, 1864 in Baltimore, Maryland. There were two rival Republican conventions in 1864. The first was by a group of radicals upset with Lincoln's position on the issues of slavery and post-war reconciliation with the southern states. They met in Cleveland, Ohio and nominated John C. Frémont for the Presidency on May 31, 1864, adopting the name Radical Democracy Party. This 1864 frisson in the Republican Party divided the party into two factions: the anti-Lincoln Radical Republicans, who nominated Frémont, and the pro-Lincoln Republicans. Frémont abandoned his political campaign in September 1864, after he brokered a political deal in which Lincoln removed U.S. Postmaster General Montgomery Blair from office. The 1864 National Union Convention was held in Baltimore, Maryland, from June 7 to June 8, 1864. It re nominated the incumbent Abraham Lincoln for the presidency, and nominated War Democrat Military Governor Andrew Johnson of Tennessee for the vice presidency. The ticket was successful in the election of 1864. An excellent campaign letter, especially with the mention of Jon Fremont and the Cleveland Convention that nominated him for president. Fine condition.
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