The large Massachusetts Republican Convention met in Worcester, Massachusetts.  It selected delegates for the national convention in Chicago, Illinois and the majority of those chosen supported William Seward for President.  A minority recorded their support for Representative Nathaniel Banks.  (By John Osborne)  
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"News By Telegraph," New York Times, March 8, 1860, p. 4. 
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