Free Soil Party reunion records, 1848-1881 ; bulk: 1877.

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Free Soil Party reunion records, 1848-1881 ; bulk: 1877.

Records of the reunion of the Free Soil Party of 1848 organized by Samuel Downer and held at Downer's Landing in Hingham, Mass., 9 Aug. 1877. Responses to Downer's invitation comprise the bulk of the collection. Correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, James Freeman Clarke, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, George Frisbie Hoar, John Davis Long, Amos Tuck, and John Greenleaf Whittier. Also includes printed pamphlets, clippings, and a poem relating to the reunion; printed ephemera including Free Soil Party election tickets from 1848; a photomechanical print of Samuel Downer; and a print of the Downer family coat of arms.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7713647

Massachusetts Historical Society

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