Proceedings of the meeting held at the Tabernacle in the city of New York
Subtitle: on the 29th of April, 1856
Contributors: Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901; Bingham, John Armor, 1815-1900; Nye, James W. (James Warren), 1814-1876; Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872; Noyes, William Curtis, 1805-1864; Blair, Frank P., Jr. (Francis Preston), 1821-1875
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive; Slavery & anti-slavery
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1856
Place of publication: New York, N.Y.?
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Presidents; Election; Campaign literature; Missouri compromise; Slavery; Extension to the territories; Speeches, addresses, etc., American; Republican Party (N.Y.); Republican National Convention
Notes: Caption title.

"Washington. Jefferson. Republican documents."

"... pursuant to the following call: The citizens of New York opposed to the measures and policy of the present national administration for the extension of slavery over territory embraced by the compact of the 'Missouri Compromise,' and in favor of repairing the mischiefs arising from the violation of good faith in its repeal ... are respectfully invited by the undersigned to hold a public meeting, at the Broadway Tabernacle, on Tuesday evening, 29th of April, to hear the report of the delegates from the state of New York to the Pittsburgh Convention."

Include speeches by B.F. Butler, William M. Evarts, John A. Bingham, James W. Nye, Horace Greeley, and William Curtis Noyes. Concludes with long letter of Frank P. Blair, chair of the Pittsburgh convention.

Reproduction of the original from the Oberlin College Library. Reproduced courtesy of World Microfilms Publications.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.