FROM CHICAGO; THE REPUBLICAN TICKET FOR 1860; Abram Lincoln, of Illinois, Nominated for President; The Late Senatorial Contest in Illinois to be Re-Fought on a Wider Field (5/19/1860)

New York Times archives – Times Machine ^ | 5/19/1860

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. CHICAGO, Friday, May 18. The work of the Convention is ended. The youngster who, with ragged trousers, used barefoot to drive his father's oxen and spend his days in splitting rails, has risen to high eminence, and ABRAM LINCOLN, of Illinois, is declared its candidate for President by the National Republican Party. This result was effected by the change of votes in the Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, Vermont, and Massachusetts Delegations.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

Posting history, in reverse order

To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.

Link to previous New York Times thread

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

NY Times editors (and Harper’s Weekly editors next week) must have missed Genesis in their Bible study: “No longer shall you be called Abram; your name shall be Abraham, for I am making you the father of a host of nations.” (Gen. 17:5)

From Chicago – 2
Proceedings of the Convention – 2-3
Afternoon Session – 3-4
The Candidates – 4
Editorial: The Presidential Conflict – 4

Supplement to the New York Times

New Publications-The New Poets: “Leaves of Grass” – 4-5
The Progress of Our Population* – 5-6
The Wonders of Washoe – 6-8

* I thought of BroJoeK when I saw this article. He loves this kind of thing. So did henkster, once upon a time. Don’t see him around any more.

[ronnie raygun]

Here is a contrast,
Abrahma Lincoln-——

mayor hygenically serious clubfoot, governor prickster

[BroJoeK]

"The Wonders of Washoe – 6-8"

"Washoe" refers to Washoe County in western Nevada, location of the famous Comstock Lode, which will eventually produce $400,000,000 in silver to support the Union war effort.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Here's a Wiki citation I found.

"The Territory of Nevada was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until October 31, 1864, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Nevada.Prior to the creation of the Nevada Territory, the area was part of western Utah Territory and was known as Washoe, after the native Washoe people. The separation of the territory from Utah was important to the federal government because of its political leanings, while the population itself was keen to be separated because of animosity (and sometimes violence) between non-Mormons in Nevada and Mormons from the rest of the Utah Territory."

So Nevada is still western Utah and goes by the name Washoe