[Telegraph message print: Franklin Pierce nominated by democrats to be President].
- Title:
- [Telegraph message print: Franklin Pierce nominated by democrats to be President].
- Accession / Call Number:
- 2005-022 (O)
- Object ID:
- 2005-022 (O)
- Date:
- 1852
- Physical Description:
- local Telegraph message print. 1 item : cyanotype on paper ; 30 x 30 cm.
- Scope and Content:
- The Democratic Party nominated Franklin Pierce as its candidate for President at Baltimore June 5, 1852. News of Pierce's nomination reached Concord, New Hampshire's telegraph office in the Eagle Hotel Block by the next day. John C. Moore, a newspaper reporter boarding at the American House in Concord, recognizing the news as an important event in history, preserved this copy of the telegraphic announcement.
- Subjects:
- Democratic Party History.
- People:
- Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
- Level Description:
- Item
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