Front:
2001. Birthplace of the Republican Part
July 6, 1854. Under the Oaks, Jackson,
Michigan. North West Corner Sec-
ond and Franklin Sts.
Back:
Published by Drake Bros., Jackson, Mich.
UNDER THE OAKS IN 1854, then
numbering 100 (now only one of the
historic Oaks remain), there was
sembled 3,000 representatives from all
over the state, David S. Walbridge of
Kalamazoo, as president. There were
present: Austin Blair, J. M. Howard,
Frederick Chandler, Isaac P. Chris-
tiancy, Albert Williams, J. N. Turner,
H. S. Bingham, Col. C. V. DeLand,
Eugene Pringle and many others. The
committee on platform adjourned to a
clump of trees on the corner of 2nd
St. and Franklin, presumably under the
remaining Oaks.
AND CANADA,
FOREIGN, Two
CENTS.
