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Lot 423
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
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[POLITICS -- PANIC OF 1837}. Whigs to the Rescue! Scituate, [MA]: N.p., 20 October 1837.
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.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents