American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents

9 7/16 x 10 3/4 in. letterpress broadside (minor brown spotting); framed to 13 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. (not examined out of frame). Signed in type by Chairman John Beal and Secretary C.W. Prouty. 

An announcement of a meeting of the Whig party members in Scituate, Massachusetts to select candidates at General Court and other election-related matters. The title of the broadside is in reference to the Panic of 1837 financial crisis, which dominated the 1837 Massachusetts elections. Whig candidate Edward Everett won re-election as governor with over 60% of the vote.