Item 102253 - Republican Convention poem, Whitneyville, 1860
- Item 102253 - Republican Convention poem, Whitneyville, 1860
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- Item 102253
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Image Info A poem by "Quirk" of Whitneyville celebrated Abraham Lincoln's nomination and the victory for freedom over slavery.
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Abraham Lincoln, and his running mate, native Mainer Hannibal Hamlin, secured the majority vote in the state by a margin of 32.82%.
Since Maine's admission to the Union in 1820, the state was a leader in national abolition and temperance movements.