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The origins of the Republican Party, 1852-1856

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17126

Author: Gienapp, William E.

Date of Publication: 1987.

Call Number: 324.273 G454

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Responsibility: William E. Gienapp.

ISBN: 0195041003 (alk. paper); 9780195041002 (alk. paper); 0195055012 (pbk.); 9780195055016 (pbk.)

Author: Gienapp, William E.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Physical Description: xi, 564 p., [16] p. of plates : maps ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 449-474.

Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The presidential election of 18522 -- 2. The collapse of the second party system -- 3. Nebraska and nativism -- 4. The confusion of fusion -- 5. The failure of fusion -- 6. New issues, new leaders, new organizations -- 7. Launching the republican party -- 8. The formation of a national party organization -- 9. Spring breakthrough -- 10. The nomination of FrÃ©mont -- 11. Free soil, free labor, free speech, freemen, FrÃ©mont -- 12. The FrÃ©mont campaign -- 13. A victorious defeat -- Bibliography -- Statistical appendix -- Tables -- Index.

Summary: The 1850s saw in America the breakdown of the Jacksonian party system in the North and the emergence of a new sectional party--the Republicans--that succeeded the Whigs in the nation's two-party system. This monumental work uses demographic, voting, and other statistical analysis as well as the more traditional methods and sources of political history to trace the realignment of American politics in the 1850s and the birth of the Republican party. Gienapp powerfully demonstrates that the organization of the Republican party was a difficult, complex, and lengthy process and explains why, even after an inauspicious beginning, it ultimately became a potent political force. The study also reveals the crucial role of ethnocultural factors in the collapse of the second party system and thoroughly analyzes the struggle between nativism and antislavery for political dominance in the North. The volume concludes with the decisive triumph of the Republican party over the rival American party in the 1856 presidential election. Far-reaching in scope yet detailed in analysis, this is the definitive work on the formation of the Republican party in antebellum America. ... Publisher descri[ption.

Subjects: Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) - History.; Republican Party (U.S.); Political parties - United States; Elections - United States; United States - Politics and government - 1853-1857.; United States - Political parties: Republican Party (U.S.), 1852-1856

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 324.273 G454

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http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0636/86008399-d.html

http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780195055016.pdf

James Buchanan; paper read before the Kittochtinny Historical Society of Franklin County, Friday evening, March 30, 1900, at the residence of Dr. Chas. F. Palmer, Chambersburg, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16655

Author: Gillan, W. Rush.

Date of Publication: 1900

Call Number: 923.173 B918gil

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Responsibility: by W. Rush Gillan.

Author: Gillan, W. Rush.

Place of Publication: N.p

Date of Publication: 1900

Physical Description: 31 p. 23 cm.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918gil

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https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101059777092;view=1up;seq=5

The famous speech of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania : in opposition to the repeal of the common school law of 1834, in the House of representatives of Pennsylvania, April 11, 1835

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo88

Author: Stevens, Thaddeus,

Date of Publication: 1904.

Call Number: 370 S846

, Millersville, Pa. · PRESS OF THENEW ERA PRINTING COMPANY LANCATER PA. THE SPEECH OF HON. THADDEUS STEVENS IN FAVOR OF FREE SCHOOLS. The Act of 1834, providing for the organization of a system of Common Schools in Pennsylvania, was framed by Senator Samuel Breck, and passed in the Senate with three negative

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Author: Stevens, Thaddeus,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Thaddeus Stevens Memorial Association,

Date of Publication: 1904.

Physical Description: 12 p. ; 20 cm.

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; Educational law and legislation - Pennsylvania.; Education - Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 370 S846

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https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000108889456&view=1up&seq=5

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famous_speech_of_Hon_Thaddeus_Stevens-1904_edition.pdf

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The trial of Henry Kobler Musselman and Lewis Willman : for the murder of the unfortunate Lazarus Zellerbach; containing the confession of Kobler to Willman, the speech of the attorney general, and the charge of the judge to the jury

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19388

Author: Reigart, J. Franklin

Date of Publication: 1839.

Call Number: 090 L244f 1839; 345.02523 Z51

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Responsibility: Reported by J. Franklin Reigart.

Author: Reigart, J. Franklin

Place of Publication: Lancaster, [Pa.]

Publisher: Forney, printer,

Date of Publication: 1839.

Physical Description: 56 p. ; 20 cm.

Notes: LC copy is a photocopy.; Original copy housed with Rare Books (090 L244f 1839).; Second copy in RB is bound in three quarter leather and linen.

Summary: "Lazarus Zellerbach was brutally murdered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on February 6th. His body was found on the west side of town by boys playing 21 days later. He was a peddler based out of Philadelphia who made two trips a year to Pittsburgh and even into Ohio. Testimony at the trial of the murderers reveal that he arrived into New York City in 1835 with his parents. They lived near the Balz and Rhine Rivers.He was not married. He left Philadelphia five months ago and was in Pittsburgh 10 weeks earlier. He was headed back home having sold out of his goods. Typically he would have had approximately $1000 on him. A reward of almost $500 was offered. Henry Kobler Musselman was arrested and convicted. His "servant" Lewis Willman turned States's evidence and testified against him. Musselman hit Lazarus on the head with a stone, stabbed him over 15 times and tossed his body over a fence. Musselman was hung on December 20, 1839. He had sold his body to a physician for study post mortem." [from FindAGrave.com]

Subjects: Zellerbach, Lazarus.

Additional Author: Musselman, Henry Kobler.; Willman, Lewis.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books; Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 090 L244f 1839; 345.02523 Z51

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http://digital.klnpa.org/cdm/ref/collection/mvsrarebks/id/244

Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia

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Date of Publication: 1887-c2000.

Call Number: 905.748 CHS

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ISSN: 0002-7790

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia,

Date of Publication: 1887-c2000.

Physical Description: 109 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 23-25 cm.

Publication Frequency: Twice a year, <1998>

Dates of Publication: Vol. 1 (1884-86)-v. 109, no. 3-4 (fall-winter 1998).

Notes: These volumes are in the "library work room". They are not on the open shelves. However, there is an index on the open shelves. Its call number is 905.748 CHS Index. Patrons should consult the index first. If there is a volume that they want to see, the library attendant should pull the volume from the shelves in the "library work room".; Library has: Vol. 1 (1884-1886) - Vol. 109, no. 3-4 (Fall-Winter 1998); Vols. 1 (1884-86)-31 (1920). 1 v.; Vols. 32 (1921)-41 (1930). 1 v.