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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Starke Rosecrans, Letter Regarding Presidential Election of 1868, A&M 3778, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

While vacationing at the Greenbrier, Rosecrans met with Robert E. Lee and other prominent Southerners and former Confederates, hoping to solicit their support for Democratic presidential candidate Horatio Seymour. Lee and the others offered their support to Seymour. This meeting also resulted in the publication of the "White Sulphur Manifesto", a political tract endorsed by Robert E. Lee outlining a platform of issues related to Horatio Seymour's political campaign, some of which were critical of reconstruction policies, particularly African-American suffrage.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
• Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1868
• Sabo, Tony
• Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886
• White Sulphur Springs (W. Va.)