[POLITICS]. Huzza! Huzza! The Country's risin' For Henry Clay and Frelinghuysen. 1844.

Illustrated letter sheet. New York: Narine & Durant, 1844.8 1/4 x 10 5/8 in., on bifolium, light toning and light creasing/wear to edges.

Engraving features portraits of Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen flanking a vignette of a seaside farm with barn reading "Cold Water" and two ships near shore. Text above vignette reads, "Protection to American interests, is protection to the American Union."

Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen were Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates in the election of 1844, representing the Whig Party. They were narrowly defeated by Democratic candidates James K. Polk and George M. Dallas.

Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents

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[POLITICS]. Huzza! Huzza! The Country's risin' For Henry Clay and Frelinghuysen. 1844.

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[POLITICS]. Huzza! Huzza! The Country's risin' For Henry Clay and Frelinghuysen. 1844.

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