American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Regular Republican Ticket. For President, Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana. For Vice-President, Levi P. Morton, of New York. [Illinois]: N.p., [1888]. 2 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. printed elector ballot (loss along bottom edge, toning). -- Protection to American Industries. Republican Ticket. Fifth Congressional District. James G. Blaine and John A. Logan. Nominees for President and Vice-President of the United States. [Maryland]: N.p., [1884]. 2 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. printed elector ballot with illustration of a public school at center (chipping with loss to top edge, clipping to bottom corners, some separation along horizontal central crease, light staining). -- The Principles & Policies of the Republican Party. New York: The Republic Press, 1891, 3 5/8 x 8 in. (Separation with some adhesive repair to wrappers and first page, toning and chipping to corners throughout). Illustrated wraps (some paper loss and separation with adhesive repair, discoloration). -- Temperance Ticket. [New York?]: N.p., n.d. 3 x 5 5/8 in. ballot (small hole to upper portion, creasing, some paper loss, few rips to edges). --And 3 other pieces of ephemera including a printed elector ballot, a Harrison and Morton 1888 political ribbon, and a possible reproduction list of appointments, 1874. -- Together, 7 pieces of political election ephemera.

[With:] Letter from Hon. A.H. Rice, (Governor Elect,) in Opposition to the Proposed City Charter and Commission Government of Mayor Cobb. 8 5/8 x 12 1/8 in. broadsheet (spotting, some rips and tears to margins, bit of staining). Undersigned in type by Alexander H. Rice (1818-1895), who served as Mayor of Boston from 1856-1857, United States Congressman from 1859-1867, and Governor of Massachusetts from 1876-1878. Letter criticizes the proposed charter, which appears to suggest that certain commissions would be elected by City Council itself rather than by a direct vote of the city residents. Rice argues that the charter would reduce the government of the city to "more a 'government for the people' than 'by the people;' and seems to imply a distrust either of the intelligence or of the integrity of the masses of voters..."

[Also with:] The Daily Evening Herald. Vol. 1, No. 169. St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, MI: 20 September 1881. 10 1/4 x 15 1/4 in., 4pp (creasing, chipping to edges, some discoloration throughout). Front page announces the death of President Garfield: "After Weary Weeks of Suffering, President James A. Garfield Passes Away."