Republican Union County Convention in Freeport 1866
The Republicans of Stephenson county will hold a convention at the Court House Freeport on Monday Sept 10 1866 at 1 PM to nominate candidates for Representative Sheriff and Coroner and to conduct other business. Delegates allotted by town ward and vote tallies with caucuses Sept 5. Listed towns wards and numbers. committee members named.
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Stephenson County
Court House
Freeport
General Assembly
Buckeye
Dakota
Trin
Florence
Ireeport
Harlem
Jefferson
Sa H Kent
Tamcaster
Loran
Oneco
Ridott
Rock Run
Rock Crove
Sulver Creek
Wingloway Waddams
West Point
Conrad van Brocklin
John Barfoot
Silver Creek
William Heard
George Thompson
John Epley
Wm. Young
Lancaster
H. Kaufman
Erin
W.P. Naramore
T. J. Way
A.T. Green
1St
J. Greenwood
J.M. Bailey
Jacob Acker
Jacob Gable
Kent
Geo
W. Loveland
John Gift
Rock Grove
W. P. Cox
Winslow
Wim
Dively
Waddams
Republican County Central Committee
Town and Ward Republican Caucus Announcements 1866
Republicans in several towns announce caucuses on September 8 1866 to appoint delegates to the county convention at Freeport September 10 1866 Poll hours and locations listed for Freeport Lancaster Dakota Rock Grove Harlem Florence Waddams New Pennsylvanian schools and homes with varying start times and half hour polls
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Republican County Central Committee
Freeport
First Ward
Court House
Second Ward
Pennsylvania House
Third Ward
Bailey & Brawley
Polly
Lancaster
R. Miller
Eastgate
Rock Grove
Harlem
Harlem Canter
Florence
van Brooklin
Waddams
AL New Pennsylvanian
Hunt Elected to Congress from Colorado in The Freeport Bulletin
The Freeport Bulletin notes A. Cameron Hunt formerly of Freeport has been elected to Congress from Colorado. Hunt, a longtime Freeport resident, helped grow the town, served as U S Marshal, and is described as a Johnson Republican. A Denver dispatch later claims Chilcott won the district, contradicting the Bulletin’s report.
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Freeport
A. Cameron Hunt
Denver City
Colorado
Hunt
United States
Iunt
House of Representatives
Johnson
Danis
Copperjohnson
Denver
Col
Chilcott
Congress
Benator Doolittle
Douttiery
Colorado Unionists and Hunt Split Over Johnson Policy
The piece discusses A Cameron Hunt, a former townsman, and his stance on the Philadelphia conclave and President Johnson. It notes Hunt’s loyalty to Republican principles, his Colorado election defeat tied to state organization issues, and the broader Union sentiment against Johnson’s doctrines as reflected in Colorado voters.
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Colorado
Hunt
Mr. Johnson
Andy Johnson
United States
Shaffer Named Delegate to Southern Unionists Convention
Gen. J. W. Shaffer of Philadelphia has been appointed by the Republican Union Central Committee of Illinois as a delegate at large to the Southern Unionists convention to be held in Philadelphia on September 3. The article praises his loyalty and recommends broader representation of Illinois, urges a North and South meeting of loyalists to counter revolutionary Copper Johnson Bread-and-Butter designs framing the Philadelphia gathering.
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J. W. Shaffer
Republican Union Central Committee
Illinois
Philadelphia
Convention of Southern Unionists Appeal Invites All
New York August 24 A Southern loyalist appeal invites all who believe in constitutional rights to attend a grand mass meeting on September 38 at Independence Hall Philadelphia. Union delegates from the South greet veterans of the North and urge North and South Unionists to join in renewing the pledge to Liberty Order and Law.
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New York
Convention of
General Sheridan Garbled Despatches and New Orleans Massacre
General A L Lee recounts in Leavenworth a New Orleans massacre witnessed during Reconstruction. He cites garbled Sheridan despatches and details brutal street killings by police, soldiers, and citizens, including shootings of Dr Dostie and others, and the removal of bodies by baggage wagons amid mob violence. He mentions Sheridan’s suppression of relief associations and monuments, and argues rebels seek return under equal footing with Union leaders.
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New Orleans
A. L. Lee
Sheridan
Alfred L. Lee
Banks
Leavenworth
Kansas
Copper Tread Papers
Loup
First
New Orleans Infantry
Dr. Dostie
Capitol
Dostie
Ife
Department
General Baird
Federal
Baird
Cynal Street
Cos
Ohner
United States
Herron
Rio Grande
Gibson’s Brigade Association
Hays’ Brigade Relief Association
Congressional
Lee
Johnson
Grant
Sherman
Loyal Southern Convention Names Philadelphia Delegates
The EDU appoints Union State Central Committee for the Philadelphia Convention on the 8th proximo listing Lyman Trumbull Richard Yates Lorenzo Brentano W. Matheny F A Hoffman J Shaffer S Isham John Dore Stephen A furlbut Allan Fuller A I Caetlain Jacob Maskell B M Prentiss George Harding William Birney L Fougly J L Tincher Jesse Moore T S Mather George N Black A C Babcock George Bergen Robert D Sanders B J Grierson James B Martin C A Beecher Gustavus Koerner Thomas Quick James Prickett Thomas Tidgeway and others as delegates.
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Philadelphia
EDU
Union State Central Committee
Lyman Trumbull
Richard Yates
Elon
Lorenzo Brentano
W. Matheny
F. A. Hoffman
J. Wilson Shaffer
Isham
Ison
John
Dore
Stephen A
Ffurlbut
Allan, Fuller
A. I, Caetlain
Jacob Maskell
B. M. Prentiss
Harding
William Birney
D. L. Fougly
Ifon
J. L. Tincher
Jesse Moore
T. S. Mather
George N. Black
Col
A. C. Babcock
Cheorge I.bergen
Dodge and Tuttle in Fifth District Race War Story
A circulating tale ties General Dodge to a pay-to-open lines scheme at Vicksburg during the war, while his Republican opponent General Tuttle is described as a failed copperhead candidate in 1866. The piece also notes Prussia’s warning to Austria over Venetia and Italy’s rights.
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General Dodge
Congress
Kayson
Towa
Vicksburg
Treasury
War Department
Tuttle
Stone
The Ballot Over War in a Nation’s Door
In dramatic verse the speaker denounces office seekers and secessionists aiming to seize power. The poem laments broken oaths and the public’s perduring loaves and fishes, urging a convocation to replace ballots for ballots. It calls for ruling out traitors and preserving the nation from ruin while invoking Yankee/Carolina tensions.
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Echo
Nasby At Philadelphia Convention A Comic Memoir
Mr Nasby recounts attending the 1866 Philadelphia convention as a humorous observer. He describes borrowing money from Northern delegates, the warm welcome from others when his star collar appeared, and the emotional scene as Southern and Northern delegates entered arm in arm, highlighting the satire of party politics and romance of the era.
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Mm. Bailey
George W. Smith
Newton Bateman
John A. Logan
Elihu B. Washburne
Republican Union County Convention
the Convention OF Southern Unionists
Committee OF Arrangements
General Sheridan
Loyal
Southern Convention
Prussia
Austria
Italy
Venetia
A Ravi
Thad
Sumner
Nevermore
Ben
Fernandy
Andy
White House
Carolina
Massachusetts
The
Toledo Blade
Nasby
Mr. Nasby
Convensiun
Randall
Doolittle
Randall An
South Karling
Massachoosits Wood
Orr
South Carolina
Couch
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