8 1868 display newspapers REPUBLICAN PARTY nominates US GRANT for US PRESIDENT for Sale

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8 1868 display newspapers REPUBLICAN PARTY nominates US GRANT for US PRESIDENT For Sale

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8 1868 display newspapers REPUBLICAN PARTY nominates US GRANT for US PRESIDENT:
$35.00

Lot of 8 1868 display newspapers - THE REPUBLICAN PARTY nominates ULYSSES S GRANT for US PRESIDENT-inv #9J-402

SEE PHOTO-----Eight (8) COMPLETE, ORIGINALNEWSPAPERs,theCincinnati Daily Commercial (OH) dated May 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, and 27, 1868. These newspapers have front page \"stacked\" headlinesand long detailed coverage of the Republican Convention held in Chicago, IL. This covers the nomination of US Grant as the Republican nominee for US President in theelection of 1868.

The 1868 Republican National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in Crosby\'s Opera House, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, on May 20 to May 21, 1868.

General Ulysses S. Grant had emerged as the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination after being the Union commander in the Civil War. He was nominated for President unopposed on the first ballot. To balance Grant, a former Democrat and a hard drinker, the convention chose House Speaker Schuyler Colfax, a former Whig and temperance man, for Vice President. In Grant\'s acceptance telegram he said \"Let us have peace\", which captured the imagination of the American people.

Very good condition. This listing includes the 8complete entire original newspapers, NOT just a clipping or a page of them. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. U.S. buyers pay priority mail postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect your purchase from damage in the mail. International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package. We list thousands of rare newspapers with dates from 1570 through 2004 on each week. This is truly SIX CENTURIES OF HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN!

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