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Lot 438
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& Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents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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Lot Description
[POLITICS]. "The Union, it must be preserved." Last Grand Rally! Hon. B.F. Butler. Concord, NH: N.H. Patriot Office, 3 November 1856.
13 3/8 x 18 1/16 in. letterpress broadside (brown stains, creasing); framed to 17 5/8 x 22 1/8 in. (not examined out of frame).
A broadside from the early political career of Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), at the time a Democrat, though vocally in support of abolition. This address was given on 3 November 1856, the day before the 1856 presidential election and Massachusetts gubernatorial elections.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents