LIFE OF

JOSHUA LEVERING,

PROHIBITION CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT,

WITH

PLATFORM AND CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS.

Joshua Levering, the nominee of the Prohibition Party for the Presidency of the United States in 1896, was born in Baltimore, Md., on September 12, 1845. His present residence in the city was the spot of his birth. He has always resided in Baltimore, and his fortunes have always been closely linked with the city's growth and welfare.

His father was Eugene Levering, one of Baltimore's oldest and most extensive merchants, who was for years engaged in the business of exporting flour, provisions and other American products to the different ports of Brazil, and in importing coffee from the same.

Joshua Levering was acquiring his education in the private schools of his native city when the Civil War broke out. Its exigencies compelled him to close his school career and turn his attention to gainful pursuits. He entered upon a clerical life which he continued till 1866, when he and his two brothers entered business with their father, under the firm name of E. Levering & Co. The father died in 1870, since which time the business has been

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