Gen. Quitman's nomination by the Democratic District Convention

Item Information

• Description
  Report of nomination of General John A. Quitman as Democractic candidate for Congress, made July 23, 1855 at Monticello, Mississippi. Includes texts by Quitman on his political views, including his support of slavery and states' rights, and the question of U.S. acquisition of Cuba as slaveholding territory.

• Item ID
  bdsms21220
• Source Collection
  Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
• Spatial Coverage
  United States
  Cuba
  Mississippi
  Lawrence County (Miss.)
  Monticello (Miss.)
• Language
  eng
• Title
  Gen. Quitman's nomination by the Democratic District Convention
• Extent
  1 scan
• Date
  1855-07-23
• Folder
  MS2
• Type
  Text
  broadsides
• Subject
  Political campaigns
  Politics and government
  Slavery
  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

• Copyright & Usage
  None