Records : of the Republican Party (Va.), 1896-1926.

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Records : of the Republican Party (Va.), 1896-1926.

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The collection consists of the correspondence, 1896-1897, of William Lamb as state chairman of the Republican Party containing delegates' credentials, resolutions and newspaper clippings; a letterpress copybook, 1897-1898, kept by William Fanning Wickham as state chairman and James W. Tierney as secretary, including a copy of a letter from Wickham to President William McKinley, 1897, about the disputed chairmanship of the party in Virginia; and the 1897 correspondence of Tierney. Also included are an account book, 1897-1898, kept by Tierney for Wickham; accounts, 1897-1898, of Thomas Ashby Wickham and William Fanning Wickham; credentials, 1897, of delegates to the state convention; minutes of an 1897 meeting of Sixth District Republicans; resolutions, lists of voters, plan of organization; 1897 election returns and lists of Republicans. Several letters enclose Republican broadsides and pamphlets and reflect African-American participation.

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Mckinley, William, 1843-1901

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President William McKinley was the 25th President of the United States. He was beginning his second term as President after winning the election in 1900. On Sept. 5, 1901 he and his wife were attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York when he was shot by as assassin waiting in line to shake his hand. After being attended by physicians, he was resting at the exposition's director's home in Buffalo, NY. He seemed to be recovering when his condition rapidly worsened on Sept. 14th. P...

Wickham, Thomas Ashby, 1857-1939.

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Lamb, William, 1835-1909

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William Lamb was born on 7 September 1835 and lived in Norfolk, Va. for most of his life. He was educated at the College of William and Mary and edited the Southern Argus. During the Civil War, he commanded Fort Fisher, N.C. After the war, he was a coal dealer, an advocate of direct trade with Europe, mayor of Norfolk and a member of the Republican Party. Lamb was Rector of the College of William and Mary. He died 23 March 1909. From the description of Diaries and papers, 1835-1909. ...

Wickham, William Fanning, 1860-1900.

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Tierney, James W., b. 1862?

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Republican Party (Va.)

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