Members of the Massachusetts Free Soil Party [photograph], 1850.

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Members of the Massachusetts Free Soil Party [photograph], 1850.

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Whole plate daguerreotype in wooden frame of members of the Massachusetts Free Soil Party who formed the welcoming committee for Hungarian Revolution leader Lajos Kossuth's visit to Boston in 1850. Depicted left to right are Henry Wilson, Anson Burlingame, Erastus Hopkins, Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, and George S. Boutwell. The photograph was taken in 1850 by Josiah Johnson Hawes of Boston, Mass.

1 photograph : daguerreotype, b&w ; visible image 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 cm. (whole plate), in frame 26 x 20 1/2 cm.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875

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Banks, Nathaniel Prentice, 1816-1894

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Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks (January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. A millworker by background, Banks was prominent in local debating societies, and his oratorical skills were noted by the Democratic Party. However, his abolitionist views fitted him better for the nascent Republican Party, through which he became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and Governor of Massachusetts ...

Hopkins, Erastus, 1810-1872

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Presbyterian minister and pastor of Presbyterian Church of Beech Island, S.C. near Augusta, Ga. A native of Massachusetts, Hopkins also pastored a church in Troy (N.Y.) and later returned to Massachusetts where he became a businessman and politician. From the description of Erastus Hopkins correspondence, 1834-1838. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32141247 Presbyterian clergyman, abolitionist, businessman, and Massachusetts state legislator; resi...

Hawes, Josiah Johnson, 1808-1901

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Free Soil Party (Mass.)

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Burlingame, Anson, 1820-1870

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Attorney, Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts state senator, 1852; congressman, 1855-1860; U.S. minister to Peking, China, 1860-1867. From the description of Letter : Washington, [D.C], to W[illia]m L. Lincoln, 1860 June 10. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27988840 Anson Burlingame was American envoy to China. The city of Burlingame, Calif., was named in his honor by William C. Ralston. From the description of Anson Burlingame papers,...

Boutwell, George S. (George Sewall), 1818-1905

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George Sewall Boutwell (1818-1905) was an active political figure and lawyer all his life. Initially a Democrate, his antislavery leanings made him a prominent Free Soiler who was elected Governor and susequently reelected by the dominant Massachusetts Free Soil coalition in 1851-1852. He became a lawyer and founder of the Massachusetts Republican Party, later being a Radical Republican in Congress and among the most forecful opponents of President Andrew Johnson. Boutwell served as Secretary of...