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election day forecast

threats at home and from abroad Richmond editors shared some information they said they found in Northern papers about the upcoming Yankee presidential election: the United States government warned about a conspiracy to set fire to Northern cities on November … Continue reading

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Recruiting a Peace Emissary in Buffalo

From The New-York Times December 13, 1860: MILLARD FILLMORE INVITED TO PROCEED TO SOUTH CAROLINA. BUFFALO, Wednesday, Dec. 12. A spontaneous meeting of some three hundred of the most substantial citizens of Buffalo was held last evening, at the United … Continue reading

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