Summary Information

Title: Edwin B. Morgan papers,
Creator: Edwin Barber Morgan.
Inclusive dates: 1840-1888.
.4 cubic ft.
Correspondence, tallies, votes, minutes, news clippings, broadsides, and other papers.
Abstract::

Papers concerned principally with elections in the 25th Congressional District of New York (Cayuga County) in 1850; Morgan's platform included high protectionism, free soil, and the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law; he was defeated by Thomas Y. How, the Loco-Foco candidate.

Call number: 550
Language: Collection material in English
Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library