A History of the Republican PartyPlatt, George Washington
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A History of the Republican Party
Platt, George Washington
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History
Some words which appear to be typos are printed thus in the original book.
A list of these possible misprints (along with suggested corrections) follows:
CHAPTER I.
... the history of the immediate casual[**causal] events which ... (?)
CHAPTER VIII.
... African slave trade, the services [**of] which, doubtless, ...
CHAPTER IX.
The House at this time was dead-locked over the election ...
[**deadlocked] (Erase the hyphen -- but, there is another one, at
CHAPTER V., definitely with a hyphen.)
CHAPTER XI.
The Convention was again called to order by Edwin B[**D]. Morgan ... (?)
... of the army and navy who have peril[**l]ed their lives ...
[In two other occurrences, in a composite word, imperilled, it is spelled
with double l:
CHAPTER XIII., and CHAPTER XIV.]
also:
... shall be held in grateful and everlasting rememb[**e]rance.
[It is also spelled without an e in CHAPTER XVII., but, in CHAPTER XIV.,
it is spelled rememberance.]
CHAPTER XII.
... Representatives, many of whom less than a year before had been engaged in
active rebel-loin, ...
rebel-[**]loin[**lion] (Erase the hyphen and anagrammatize correctly.)
... when an Act to enlarge the provis[**i]ons of the Freedmen's Bureau Bill ...
CHAPTER XIV.
The election was held on Ne[**o]vember 7th, ...
These decis[**i]ons, as already noted, could not be set aside without ...
CHAPTER XV.
... and to conserve the freedom of the sufferage, ...
suffe[**]rage (Erase the e.)
... and Elihu B. Washburn[**e] by J. E. Cassady.
CHAPTER XVI.
In this spirit spirit we denounce the importation of contract labor, ...
spirit [**spirit] (repetition)
CHAPTER XVII.
The Union Labor Convention at Cinc[**i]nnati ...
CHAPTER XIX.
The provisions of The Hague convention was[**were] wisely regarded ...
We are proud of the courage and fidelity of the American soldier and sailors ...
soldier and sailors [**either both singular or both plural -- a typo? I suggest
that both be in plural, as they are in other occurrences throughout the book.]
CHAPTER XX.
... stifling competit[**i]on and dictating wages and prices, ...
APPENDIX
- PRESIDENTS PRO TEM. OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE
SINCE THE ORGANIZATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
49-51 1887-91 Jno. J. Ingalls, Kansas.
Jno[**John] J. Ingalls
- POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE, 1876.
[**Under the Electoral Vote, the candidates' pairs are reversed -- relatively
to the respective Popular Vote columns; in other tables, as well.]
- POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE, 1868.
[**The total of the second column reads 2,703,249; should read 2,703,243.
see also:
CHAPTER XIII.
... Grant and Colfax 3,012,833, and Seymour and Blair 2,703,249.]
- POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE, 1880.
[**The total of the first column reads 4,454,416; should read 4,454,506.
see also:
CHAPTER XV.
Garfield ............ 4,454,416]
- POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE, 1888.
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