Horatio Seymour reports on his campaign efforts on behalf of the Democrat ticket in 1856. The October 23,1856 ALS is addressed to Calvert Comstock and William Cassidy at the Albany Atlas in NY, apparently the headquarters for the Democratic ticket. Seymour’s travels included speeches in Detroit and Kalamazoo before returning home and hitting towns in western New York every day. A nice letter detailing campaign activity in the race that elected President James Buchanan.
Condition. Fine, one page, 8vo bifolium sheet, with the back center panel also being addressed by Seymour. Soiling and some minor loss of paper on the back with the address panel.
Horatio Seymour (1810-18886) was Speaker of the NY Assembly and served two non-consecutive terms as New York Governor. A Democrat who opposed both Lincoln and succession, Seymour was constantly caught between political issues where his moderation or middling positions left nobody particularly happy. He was rewarded with the backhanded honor of being the token Democratic nominee for President in 1868 against the sure-to-win Civil War hero Ulysses Grant.
Buffalo
October 23, 1856
Dear Sir
I reached this State on Tuesday. Last week I addressed a meeting at Kalamazoo + on Monday I spoke at Detroit. On Tuesday I attended a meeting at this place + last evening I went to Mayville in Chautauqua Co. This evening I shall be at _____ tomorrow at Albion + on Saturday I shall speak at the meeting in Wayne. I shall speak each day until the 4th of November if my health holds out. I make this report of myself to headquarters as I have been about from the State for some time. Our friends are in good spirits and I think we can carry the State.
Very truly yours
Horatio Seymour
To Messrs. Comstock & Cassidy
Horatio Seymour reports on his campaign efforts on behalf of the Democrat ticket in 1856. The October 23,1856 ALS is addressed to Calvert Comstock and William Cassidy at the Albany Atlas in NY, apparently the headquarters for the Democratic ticket. Seymour’s travels included speeches in Detroit and Kalamazoo before returning home and hitting towns in western New York every day. A nice letter detailing campaign activity in the race that elected President James Buchanan.
Condition. Fine, one page, 8vo bifolium sheet, with the back center panel also being addressed by Seymour. Soiling and some minor loss of paper on the back with the address panel.
Horatio Seymour (1810-18886) was Speaker of the NY Assembly and served two non-consecutive terms as New York Governor. A Democrat who opposed both Lincoln and succession, Seymour was constantly caught between political issues where his moderation or middling positions left nobody particularly happy. He was rewarded with the backhanded honor of being the token Democratic nominee for President in 1868 against the sure-to-win Civil War hero Ulysses Grant.
Buffalo
October 23, 1856
Dear Sir
I reached this State on Tuesday. Last week I addressed a meeting at Kalamazoo + on Monday I spoke at Detroit. On Tuesday I attended a meeting at this place + last evening I went to Mayville in Chautauqua Co. This evening I shall be at _____ tomorrow at Albion + on Saturday I shall speak at the meeting in Wayne. I shall speak each day until the 4th of November if my health holds out. I make this report of myself to headquarters as I have been about from the State for some time. Our friends are in good spirits and I think we can carry the State.
Very truly yours
Horatio Seymour
To Messrs. Comstock & Cassidy
