Item #28846 THE GREAT ISSUE: OR, THE THREE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES; BEING A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE FREE SOIL QUESTION IN THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE CONGRESSES OF 1774 AND '87 TO THE PRESENT TIME. BY...[LATE ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW]. Gardiner, liver, romwell.

THE GREAT ISSUE: OR, THE THREE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES; BEING A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE FREE SOIL QUESTION IN THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE CONGRESSES OF 1774 AND '87 TO THE PRESENT TIME. BY...[LATE ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW].

New York: Wm C Bryant. Boston: Mussey, 1848. 176pp. Disbound, light title page dust, else Very Good.

A campaign booklet supporting the Martin Van Buren-Charles Francis Adams presidential candidacy on the Free Soil ticket. Much detail is provided on the split of the Democratic Party in New York State, the effects of the Mexican Cession on the political parties, the divisive influence of the all-consuming slavery issue, the proceedings of the Herkimer and Utica Conventions giving birth to the Free Soil Party, and the history of Free Soil movements during the nation's existence.
FIRST EDITION. Sabin 26626. Not in Miles, Wise & Cronin, Eberstadt, Decker, Work, Blockson, Dumond. Item #28846

Price: $250.00

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