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Domestic News
March 13, 1861
The Daily Gate City
Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa
What is this article about?
Washington correspondent reports Abraham Lincoln's unyielding stance amid political contests for Cabinet positions, likening him to Gibraltar. Anecdote notes that 28-30 years ago, Postmaster General Horatio King and Vice President Hannibal Hamlin co-published a weekly newspaper in Paris, Maine.
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Lincoln's Firmness. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald writing on Saturday night, respecting the contest for the Cabinet offices, says: Lincoln is a Gibraltar; terrific waves of politicians cannot move him.
Some twenty-eight or thirty years ago, Horatio King, the present Postmaster General, and Hannibal Hamlin, the present Vice President, were engaged in publishing a weekly newspaper in the small and obscure village of Paris, on the Little Androscoggin river, way down in Maine.
Some twenty-eight or thirty years ago, Horatio King, the present Postmaster General, and Hannibal Hamlin, the present Vice President, were engaged in publishing a weekly newspaper in the small and obscure village of Paris, on the Little Androscoggin river, way down in Maine.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Appointment
What keywords are associated?
Lincoln Firmness
Cabinet Contest
Horatio King
Hannibal Hamlin
Maine Newspaper
What entities or persons were involved?
Lincoln
Horatio King
Hannibal Hamlin
Where did it happen?
Washington
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Washington
Event Date
Saturday Night
Key Persons
Lincoln
Horatio King
Hannibal Hamlin
Event Details
Washington correspondent of the New York Herald describes Lincoln's firmness in the contest for Cabinet offices, comparing him to Gibraltar unmoved by politicians. Background: 28-30 years ago, Horatio King and Hannibal Hamlin published a weekly newspaper in Paris, Maine.