Author: John Tweedy

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Published: 2016-06-21

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9781332608829

Excerpt from A History of the Republican National Conventions: From 1856 to 1908 At the time I began writing these convention papers for the hartford courant, I intended to describe only the conventions I had attended, either as a delegate or a spectator, beginning with the one of 1860 (the first Lincoln convention) and following with those of 1868, 1872, 1876 and 1880. After the last paper was published, I was asked by the courant to write accounts of the later conventions. Relying upon the official record, as well as upon my own recollections, I complied with the request and wrote of the others in their order; and afterward added the conventions of 1856 and 1864 to complete the series. This will account for a slight repetition in the 1864 paper of what had already appeared in that of 1868. I had no expectation of publishing these papers in book form, but at the request of many friends and with the kind permission of the courant, I have done so (revised and with many additions) and herewith present the volume to the public with the hope that it may be of some interest to its readers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.