A manuscript draft for a speech by an anonymous orator given before the Soldiers’ Aid Association in Danby, New York during the Civil War, appealing to female relief workers to continue their crucial support of the Union Army. In both the North and South during the War, Ladies’ Aid.....
![Meeting Minutes for the Wide Awakes of Seymour, Connecticut.]. George C. Cary](/pictures/thumb/3740_2.jpg?v=1527627708)
The minutes for the Seymour, Connecticut chapter of the Wide Awakes, the widespread political club and paramilitary organization that rallied in support of Lincoln's presidential candidacy in 1860. Founded in March by “five young dry goods clerks” in Hartford, Connecticut, the movement spread throughout the North by November. Meetings...