Gov. Andrew Johnson Begins Campaign in Maryland for Lincolns VP March 20 1863
PLEASE READ ALL TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS ABRAHAM LINCOLN RELATING TO THE 1864 ELECTION
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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: Gov. Andrew Johnson Begins Campaign in Maryland for Lincolns VP March 20 1863. First I have searched in excess for information concerning this item. NO WARE TO BE FOUND. Therefore only one known to exist. Printed and filled in is a calling size yellow card.--MR. F.S. CORKRAN--YOU ARE RESPECTFULLY INVITED TO MEET GOV. ANDREW JOHNSON OF TENESSEE ON FRI, MARCH 20th 1863 AT HALF PAST 7 O'CLOCK AT THE MARYLAND INSTITUE AND TAKE A SEAT ON THE PLATFORM------D.M.HOOPES Wm. MOODY COMMITTE OF ARRANGEMENTS. PLEASE PRESENT THIS TICKET AT THE LOWER DOOR ON SECOND STREET. At this meeting Johnson donated to the library fund and stated “I am a democrat upon the principles of this nation and, the other two, Delaware and Maryland, having been held back by the Pena lave holding people within their boarders"
HISTORIC The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 did not apply to Maryland because it was a Union border state, so enslaved Marylanders were not freed by federal decree. Maryland’s history of slavery reflects both the economic reliance on enslaved labor and the gradual growth of a free Black community, making it a unique case among Southern states. Lincoln had a hard fight in Congress to have the Emancipation passed and even more to be accepted by the American People. Lincoln realized he needed help especially from the South.
Johnson a Tennessee Governor radically changed his view on slavery and began to champion the anti-slavery and Emancipation movement. Johnson realizing that the 1864 convention would occur in Baltimore in June began campaigning with hope to be selected as Lincoln's Vice President. Some historians believe that Lincoln and the Republican party secretly planned this to have support by a once Southern pro slavery politician.
F.S. CORKRAN IMPORTANCE More information of F.S. Corkran the invitee supporting the historical nature of this card .His career changed during the Civil War. By 1863–64, Corkran was serving as Naval Officer of the Baltimore Custom House, one of the important federal customs posts in the city. His name appears in the 1864 Baltimore directory in that position. Corkran also had a documented connection with President Abraham Lincoln. On September 4, 1863, Lincoln interviewed Corkran in Washington. Corkran had brought charges concerning James L. Ridgely, a Baltimore federal revenue official. Corkran remained politically and personally connected to Lincoln. In September 1864, he wrote to Lincoln's secretary John G. Nicolay, forwarding a newspaper clipping and expressing strong support for Lincoln's position concerning the Union and the coming election. The original letter is preserved in the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress. The surviving Lincoln correspondence makes Corkran particularly interesting because he was not simply a Baltimore businessman: he was a federal official with direct access to Lincoln during the Civil War.
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