Republican campaign circular referring to the "Tanner Clubs" of Chicago, enthusiastic young Republicans who, in Sept. 1868, lighted the streets in torchlight parades to demonstrate their will to put the "tanner," Ulysses S. Grant, in the White House. Cf. Pierce, B.L. A history of Chicago, 1940, v.2, p. 294-5.
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