OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, HELD IN CINCINNATI, JUNE 2-6, 1856.
Cincinnati. 1856. 78pp. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Very good. The official account of James Buchanan's nomination after the stormy Democratic Convention of 1856. Containing the party platform, the tally for all seventeen ballots, Stephen Douglas's letter requesting removal of his name from the ballot, official notice to Buchanan of his nomination.....