Hartford Wide Awakes records and memorabilia, 1860-1917.

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Hartford Wide Awakes records and memorabilia, 1860-1917.

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Printed broadsides, circular letters, menus, and fliers, a combination minute book and scrapbook, a notebook and a scrapbook related to the original organization of and the re-formation of the Hartford Wide Awake Club. The original club was founded in 1860 as a marching arm of the Republican Party. In 1889 the club in Hartford held a reunion, formed a veteran's association, and planned a trip to Washington, D.C. to attend President Benjamin Harrison's inauguration. The correspondence in this collection are from men who wished to join the excursion; these were addressed to William B. Clark, the treasurer of the club. The scrapbook, created by Henry P. Hitchcock, secretary of the club, contains clippings from 1890-1909. Among the memorabilia is a Wide Awake campaign ribbon dated 1904 and several circulars with images of the caped marchers holding their torches.

0.25 linear foot (1/2 box).

Connecticut Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8113089

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Clark, William B.

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Hitchcock, Henry W., 1837-1917.

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