The rail splitter
Contributors: Jordan, J. H.
Publisher: [Dory, Spring & Co.]
Published: 1860
Place of publication: Cincinnati [Ohio]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 13
Subjects: Politics and government; Election; Presidential candidates; Presidents; Newspapers; Political campaigns; Caricatures and cartoons; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Other titles: Railsplitter
Work titles: Rail splitter (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Description: Campaign newspaper for Abraham Lincoln in the presidential campaign of 1860.
Notes: Shares same title with a Chicago newspaper also issued in 1860; the Chicago newspaper has a different nameplate and was issued independently.

Publisher's name recorded in v. 1, no. 7 (Sept. 12, 1860).

Editors: J.B. McKeehan, J.H. Jordan.

Text in five columns.

Lincoln lore, no. 1445 (July 1958)

Lincoln collection has entire run: Vol. 1, no. 1-13 (Aug. 1-Oct. 27, 1860).

Folders.

Includes publisher's advertisements in each issue.