Keystone Club Formed In Georgetown Union Meeting
In Georgetown on August 16 1856 friends of the Union and constitution formed a Keystone Club electing H M Couch W H Harriman S B Kent Joseph Hervey Nathaniel Morse Edward Dee and H H Foster as vice presidents and John D Howard J P Jones Edward J Sawyer as officers. The gathering advocated unity under the Democratic banner urging vigorous support in November to keep Massachusetts in the Union and to oppose disunion.
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