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Political parties

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85104371

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph C. Manning letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3818
Abstract

Letters showing Manning's efforts to stop the disenfranchisement of African American voters in Alabama in early twentieth century.

Dates: 1902 - 1912; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1906
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Samuel R. Curtis Letter, 1841 October 5

 File — Box OS0015: [Barcode: 1006198056], oversize-folder: 4258.01
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a letter from Samuel R. Curtis to his brother in Mount Vernon, Ohio, about their property. He expresses his opinion of the Whig party, specifically President John Tyler. In the letter, Curtis, also a member of the Whig party, writes that he has become disheartened by the actions of President Tyler.

Dates: 1841 October 5
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Wade Hall Collection of American Political Materials

William H. Seward Letter, 1842 September 22

 File — Box OS0015: [Barcode: 1006198056], oversize-folder: 4258.02
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a single letter from William H. Seward to Nious Smith of Columbus, Ohio, written from Albany and dated September 22, 1842. In the letter, Seward discusses the national political situation and the Whigs' prospects in the upcoming congressional election. The collection also includes a handwritten transcript of the original record.

Dates: 1842 September 22
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Wade Hall Collection of American Political Materials