Letters, 1883-1884.

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Letters, 1883-1884.

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Letter to Colonel Butt of Viroqua, Wis., from General William T. Sherman, May 16, 1884, refusing to permit his name to be presented as a candidate for the presidency at the approaching Republican convention; and photostat of a letter from Nelson Dewey, first Wisconsin Governor, dated Platteville, Dec. 11, 1883, concerning business matters.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...

Dewey, Nelson, 1813-1889.

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Butt, Cyrus Marion.

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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

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The Republican Party is a national political party in the United States, and was founded in 1854. In the 1864 election, the party took the name National Union Party to allow the participation of Democrats. From the description of Republican Party tickets, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 496362231 From the guide to the Republican Party tickets, 1864, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...