Workingmen
Subtitle: read! read!!
By: W.H.Sylvis [and] S.J. Wallace
Publisher: W.H.Sylvis
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA?
Language: eng
Subjects: Labor unions; Hours of labor
Notes: "The following communication was addressed to Thomas B. Florence and Charles O'Neil. Two copies were sent to Mr. O'Neil. First one copy was sent through the Post Office. The second was sent to his dwelling house by a messenger and delivered by him. He has taken no notice of either. To this date, he has treated the whole matter with marked contempt ... Thomas B. Florence has answered the questions promptly and to the point ... In his letter of reply we have the most ample proof that Mr. Florence is right on all these great questions and if elected will give his support to all measures of interest to workingmen." -- Page [1].

Thomas Florence was elected to the Thirty-second Congress and then to four succeeding Congresses. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District, 1851-1861.

Mr. Florence was in favor of: paying the 5-20 bonds in greenbacks; correcting the abuses of the present National Banking Law; paying off the entire National Debt as rapidly as possible; and in favor of the eight hour system of labor in the national workshops.