Letter : Bremen, [Germany, to Francis Pickens,] 1860 Oct. 7.

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Letter : Bremen, [Germany, to Francis Pickens,] 1860 Oct. 7.

Discusses arrangements for shipment of wine and the 1860 U.S. presidential campaign, stating his opinion that Stephen A. Douglas will defeat Abraham Lincoln.

1 item (4 p.) ; 27 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7272319

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861

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Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. He was one of two Democratic Party nominees for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in the 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois, known for the Lincoln–Douglas debates. During the 1850s, Douglas was one of the foremost advocates of popular sovereignty, which held that each territory should be allowe...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869

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