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New York City - "the commercial centre of the Confederacy."

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New York City -  the commercial centre of the Confederacy.
Pamphlet, "Grand Mass Meeting at the Cooper Institute - Nomination of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to the Presidency, Dec. 4, 1867," printed by "Executive Committee," its members including William B. Astor, Peter Cooper, Hamilton Fish, Cornelius Vanderbilt, A.T. Stewart, Theodore Roosevelt (Sr.), and hundreds more. N.Y.: 1867, 5 1/4 x 8 1/4, 40 pp., sewn. "...As the first public demonstration in favor of Gen. Grant for Pres., it was a great success...A good number of ladies were present. The hall was tastefully decorated for the occasion with the Stars and Stripes, and the flags of the leading nations of the earth...." Speeches by Gen. Sickles et al, with "loud cheers" and "great laughter" noted as he spoke. Lyman Tremaine told the Manhattan crowd, "You are situated in the commercial centre of the Confederacy - the seat of wealth, intelligence and activity...As early as 1862, Grant approved of the Emancipation Proclamation...He did not desire peace until slavery was destroyed...." Toning of half of last page where once folded, some creases, else good plus.