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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03000 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 |
| Title | Horace Greeley to T. N. Parmelee regarding the election in 1872 and his belief in the unlikelihood of a Democrat being elected |
| Date | 1872/05/19 |
| Author | Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written on Herald Tribune stationery to Parmelee, an attorney in New Haven, Connecticut. Marked "private." Salutation reads: "Friend Parmelee." Speaks of the impossibility of a Democrat being elected president in 1872. Notes a Democrat being elected is as unlikely as Parmelee offering presidential candidate and feminist George Francis Train $10,000 to take the vice presidential nominee for the Democratic party. |
| Subjects | Election Journalism President Democratic Party Politics Vice President Finance Women's History |
| People | Greely, Horace (1811-1872) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Government & Politics; The Presidency; Arts & Literature; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |