Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Political Career Through 1860: Individuals Contributing to Nomination; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources<br><br>Mr. Blaisdell attended the meeting in Bloomington May 29, 1850, at which the re 1 publican party was organized in Illinois. Abraham Lincoln addressed the convention and Mr. Blaisdell then became convinced that Mr. Lincoln would lead the new party as its candidate for the presidency. The Re publican was the first paper to support Mr. 'lincoln for the office. In recent years Mr.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.