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During the mid-19th century, Americans voted in saloons in the most derelict sections of great cities, in hamlets swarming with Union soldiers, or in wooden cabins so isolated that even neighbours had difficulty finding them. This book takes a look at political activity in and around the polling place in the mid-19th century.Bensel, Richard is the author of 'American Ballot Box in the Mid-Nineteenth Century' with ISBN 9780521831017 and ISBN 0521831016.
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