The georgetown elections - the negro at the ballot-box. Georgetown welch addison mayor elections. The race for mayor was between henry addison (of hyde-addison fame) and charles welch. Addison was the incumbent and represented the conservative establishment. Welch had been the tax collector in georgetown until 1866, when representatives of addison’s party on the city council voted to fire him. He apparently declined to actively seek the support of the pro-black suffrage party, but received it nonetheless. This coupled with general discontent with addison contributed to his narrow victory: 1,019 to 933. Identifier: harpersweeklyv11bonn (find matches)
title: harper's weekly
year: 1857 (1850s)
authors: bonner, john, 1828-1899 curtis, george william, 1824-1892 alden, henry mills, 1836-1919 conant, samuel stillman, 1831-1885? schuyler, montgomery, 1843-1914 foord, john, 1842-1922 davis, richard harding, 1864-1916 schurz, carl, 1829-1906 nelson, henry loomis, 1846-1908 bangs, john kendrick, 1862-1922 harvey, george brinton mcclellan, 1864-1928 hapgood, norman, 1868-1937
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publisher: new york: harper & brothers
contributing library: lincoln financial foundation collection
digitizing sponsor: the institute of museum and library services through an indiana state library lsta grant. Date: 1867.
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