WRG: In 1992 an historical account of the settlement of Strong, Franklin Co., Maine was published by Brackley and Lisherness under the auspices of the Strong Historical Society. On page nine of that work is an account of what is purported to be the beginning of the modern Republican Party of the United States in Strong in August of 1854. It describes a General Convention of a number of political parties being formed, and the Republican Platform was concieved. Three secretaries are listed for that convention, and one of them was G.W. Whitney. Does anyone in the group know the identity of this Whitney? Ken Whitney Silver Spring, MD