12. Samuel A. Foot, Reasons for Joining the Republican Party. Reasons of Hon. Samuel A. Foot, Late Judge of the Supreme Court of New York, and Now a Member of the Assembly, for Accepting a Republican Nomination ([Washington, DC]: Buell & Blanchard, [1855?]). (8 p.)


Open letter explaining the Republican Party’s beliefs and doctrines. A list of pamphlets published by the Republican Association of Washington appears on the back cover. Some of the titles include The Dangers of Extending Slavery, The Slave Oligarchy and Its Usurpations, and The Poor Whites of the South.