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Edgefield Advertiser
Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina
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The Edgefield Harrison and Tyler Association met at the Baptist Church in Hamburg on Saturday evening to receive the nominating committee's report, nominating Capt. Wm. Garrett and Andrew J. Hammond for the Whig legislative ticket and endorsing Maj. W. W. Starke for Congress, with a unanimous resolution of support.
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HAMBURG, Aug 27. 1840.
Mr. Editor.—Please publish in your paper the following :
The Edgefield Harrison and Tyler Association convened at the Baptist Church, on Saturday evening last, to receive the report of the nominating committee,
The President in the Chair, the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.
The Chairman of the Committee being absent, Mr. J. L. Jeffers one of the committee, reported "viva voce,' that they had conferred with Several gentlemen, upon the subject of suffering their names to appear as candidates on the Whig ticket for the Legislature. and that Capt. Wm. Garrett and Mr. Andrew J. Hammond have consented to run upon that ticket and that the committee recommend the nomination of those gentlemen.
Whereupon Mr. David L. Adams offered the following Resolution which was unanimously carried.
Resolved, That this Association concur with the citizens of Abbeville, in the nomination of Maj. W. W Starke for Congress, and that this association do further concur in the report of the nominating committee. and in so doing, we pledge our undivided suffrages to the support of those candidates.
The Committee of Vigilance reported progress. Mr. Kennaghan moved, seconded by Mr. James H. Anderson, that the Hamburg Journal and Edgefield Advertiser be requested to publish these proceedings.
The meeting then adjourned.
J. W. STOKES. Pres't.
David G. Taylor, Sec'y and Treas'r.
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Hamburg
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Saturday Evening Last, Aug 27, 1840
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unanimous resolution passed concurring with nominations and pledging support; meeting adjourned; proceedings to be published in hamburg journal and edgefield advertiser.
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The Edgefield Harrison and Tyler Association convened at the Baptist Church to receive the nominating committee's report. Mr. J. L. Jeffers reported that Capt. Wm. Garrett and Mr. Andrew J. Hammond consented to run on the Whig ticket for the Legislature. Mr. David L. Adams offered a resolution concurring with the nomination of Maj. W. W. Starke for Congress and the committee's report, pledging undivided support, which was unanimously carried. The Committee of Vigilance reported progress, and a motion was made to publish the proceedings.