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A poem by "Quirk" of Whitneyville celebrated Abraham Lincoln's nomination and the victory for freedom over slavery.
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.
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About This Item
- Title: Republican Convention poem, Whitneyville, 1860
- Creator: Quirk
- Creation Date: 1860-05-25
- Subject Date: 1860-05-25
- Location: Whitneyville, Washington County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 32 cm x 14 cm
- Local Code: Broadside 347
- Object Type: Text
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- Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891--Poetry
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Political career before 1861--Poetry
- Presidential candidates--United States--Poetry
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--Poetry
- Whitneyville (Me.)
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