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Enthusiasm and politics at Baltimore Conventions recounted
The Peru Observer reports on Whig and Loco Foco conventions in Baltimore with clashes over nominations for president and vice president. It notes the Democratic push to nominate Van Buren, Ohio delegates' row, and reactions from the Baltimore Republican and New York Sun, plus a broad view of Western population growth and trade. It also covers Canada riots, Jefferson quotations, and other political miscellany.
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Baltimore
Clay
Loco Foco
John Tyler
Young Democracy
van Buren
Ohio
Baltimore Republican
Philo
Inquirer
New York Sun
Great Lakes
New Orleans
West
Atlantic
Pittsburgh
United States
Free Press
Gen. Jackson
Congress
William H. Crawford
New York
Adame
van Rengselaer
Mr. Adams
Mr. A
V.B
England
Rufus King
de Witt Clinton
Martin van Buren
Jackson
Henry Clay
Gov
Cass
Adams
Detroit
Canada
Canada Frontier
Lachine Canal
Montreal
Her
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Niles Register
N. O. Picayune
Prentice
The
Old Dominion
Locofoco
Portsmouth
Virginia
Massachusetts