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Lot 786
Sale 1047 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
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Jun 17, 2022
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Jun 28, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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[POLITICS IN AMERICA -- 1860 ELECTION]. A group of ballots and pamphlets related to the 1860 presidential election.
National Democratic Ticket. For President, John C. Breckinridge. For Vice President Joseph Lane. [Indiana?]: N.p., [1860]. 3 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. (Toned with some dampstaining). -- National Democratic Ticket. [New Hampshire]: N.p., [1860]. 2 9/16 x 3 1/16 in. With a patriotic vignette, a quote from Breckinridge, and the list of New Hampshire electors for the Breckinridge and Lane ticket. -- Constitutional Union Ticket. "The Union, the Constitution and the Enforcement of the Laws." For President, John Bell, of Tennessee For Vice President, Edward Everett, of Massachusetts. [Virginia]: N.p., [1860]. 3 13/16 x 4 3/4 in. -- Democratic Republican Ticket. [New Hampshire]: N.p., [1860]. 2 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. With a patriotic vignette listing the New Hampshire electors for the Douglas and Johnson ticket. -- Together, 4 ballots from the 1860 election, condition generally very good to fine, except where noted.
[With:] GREELEY, Horace (1811-1872). Mr. Greeley's Letter to Governor Seward. New York: N.p., 1860. Written after the nomination, a defense of his support for Lincoln and the dissolution of his partnership with Seward. RARE: OCLC locates only 2 copies. -- GROW, Galusha (1823-1907). Tribune Tracts No. 5. Land for the Landless Speech of Hon. G.A. Grow. New York: Horace Greeley & Co., 1860. Sabin 28995. GROW'S CUT SIGNATURE AFFIXED TO COVER. Grow was a Representative from Pennsylvania and the 24th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. -- SEWARD, William H. (1801-1872). The State of the Country. Speech of William H. Seward in the United States Senate. N.p.: N.p., 1860. -- HALLETT, Benjamin F. (1797-1862). Breckinridge and Lane Campaign Document, No. 7, Speech of Hon. B.F. Hallett, of Mass. Washington, D.C.: National Democratic Executive Committee 1860. -- The Great Issue to Be Decided in November Next! Shall the Constitution and the Union Stand or Fall, Shall Sectionalism Triumph? Lincoln and His Supporters. Washington, D.C.: National Democratic Executive Committee, McGill & Witherow, [1860].
[Also with:] Campaign Documents of the National Union Party No. 1. [New York]: The New York, ca 1865.
Collection of Tom Charles Huston