Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Lyman Stedman, Farmer and Politician, Diary
Diary of Lyman Stedman (1824-1916), a farmer and former member of the House of Delegates, 1877, from Brown's Island, Hancock County. Entries concern farm operation, Republican political activities on the district and county level, comments on state and national organizations, floods on the Ohio River, steamboat and barge traffic, Hopedale School, Methodist Episcopal Church, railroad travel, circuses and fairs, taxes and land valuations, and Memorial Day.
Pittenger Family Letters
Various Pittenger family members wrote these letters, mostly to other family members. The most frequent correspondent is Abraham Pittenger, a farmer, teacher, and local government official in Hancock County. The letters detail farming and marketing of farm goods, educational developments, affairs of the Presbyterian Church, and family events. The collection also provides significant information about the early Republican party, secession crisis, Civil War and Reconstruction.
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- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
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- Civil War -- Illinois 28th Infantry 1
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- Diaries and journals. 1
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- Jews & Judaism. 1
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- Memorial Day 1
- Ohio 1
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- Oil and Gas Industry and Fields. 1
- Pennsylvania 1
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- Railroads 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
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- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Taxation 1
- Teachers 1
- Transportation 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
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- Wheeling Convention -- Wheeling (W. Va.) -- First 1 + ∧ less