Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1848. Stitched, 11pp. Scattered foxing, blank top margin of title page cut down with no text affected, upper blank forecorner chewed. Good+. Massachusetts Whigs put forth a valiant but unsuccessful effort in behalf of Daniel Webster's candidacy for the Whig presidential nomination in He is "A man..... More
[Washington: Gideon, 1848]. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Disbound and lightly foxed. Good+. Letters from Whigs Caleb Smith of Indiana and Schenck of Ohio tell their fellows that they better vote the Whigs' 1848 presidential ticket, despite their dismay at the nomination of Zachary Taylor. The alternative is the Democrat..... More
[Washington: Towers, 1848]. 8pp, disbound, else Very Good with caption title [as issued]. A Whig attack on Michigan Senator Cass, the Democrats' 1848 presidential nominee. His "love of the people's money" is evidenced by his expense vouchers-- printed here-- as Secretary of Indian Affairs. The failure of the Seminole campaign..... More
[np: 1848]. 16pp, caption title [as issued]. Tanned, several leaves trimmed closely at the fore-edge, with slight loss. Good. A rare 1848 campaign pamphlet, attacking Taylor and sketching the biography of Lewis Cass, a man "of the highest order of talent" who has filled "almost every grade of office, from..... More
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[Washington: 1848]. 8pp, printed in double columns, caption title [as issued]. Disbound, else Very Good. A scarce 1848 campaign pamphlet, attacking Whig presidential candidate Zachary Taylor, who "has no political principles, and is perfectly ignorant upon political matters." On the burning issue of the Wilmot Proviso-- whether slavery ought to..... More
[Washington]: Published Under Authority of the National and Jackson Democratic Association Committee, [1848]. 16pp, untrimmed and folded, blank top edge chipped. Toned. Good+ or so. Stewart, a Whig, had charged that Cass, the Democrats' 1848 presidential nominee, had picked the taxpayers' pockets while Governor of the Michigan Territory and Superintendent..... More
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[Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1848]. [4] pp. Folded bifolium. Very Good. A scarce Whig 1848 campaign pamphlet prints Taylor's letters assuring wary northerners that this Louisiana planter and slaveowner could be trusted with the Nation's destiny. Taylor says he is "not engaged to lay violent hands indiscriminately upon public officers, good..... More
[np: nd but 1848]. 16pp, disbound and stitched, minor scattered spotting. Very Good. NUC attributes authorship to Adams, identified here only as "a Whig of the Free States." He is appalled at his Party's impending nomination of Zachary Taylor for the presidency. Taylor, a Louisiana slaveholder, had never voted or..... More
[Newport? 1848]. 24pp. Disbound, printed in two columns per page. Light wear, faint blindstamp on final leaf. Good+ On "the wisdom and good policy" of the Whigs' 1848 nomination of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore for the presidency. The pamphlet soothes the wounds of the failed candidates and their supporters..... More
[Bangor? 1848]. Folio sheet, folded to 7-3/4" x 10". Printed on first page only; second page blank; third page with a manuscript letter urging the recipient [whose last name is Chandler] to campaign vigorously for the Taylor-Whig ticket. Very Good. A plea to get out the vote for Taylor. "If..... More
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[Washington: 1848]. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Disbound, else Very Good. A rare 1848 Democratic campaign pamphlet defending President Polk's vetoes. The veto power, says his supporter Andrew Johnson, "was established to enable the people to resist and repel encroachments on their rights." Since the country's founding, Presidents have exercised..... More
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Augusta [GA]: Printed at the Office of the Chronicle and Sentinel, 1848. 32pp. Light toning and foxing. Frontis portrait of Taylor, with facsimile inscription, "Your obt Servt Z. Taylor." Good+ or better, in later quarter morocco and modern marbled paper over boards. No consulted source records this Georgia printing among..... More
[Columbus: 1848]. 6, [2 blanks] pp. Caption title [as issued], disbound. Scattered foxing. Good+. Ohio's Whig State Central Committee seeks to galvanize its lethargic troops for the upcoming presidential election. Zachary Taylor is, as one of his letters printed here assures, "A WHIG AND SHALL EVER BE DEVOTED IN INDIVIDUAL..... More