Item #34415 WASHINGTON CITY, OCT. 9TH, 1852. DEAR SIR: THE ZEALOUS AND ACTIVE FRIENDS, ON WHOSE ABILITY AND ENERGY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY RELIES FOR SUCCESS IN THE APPROACHING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, SHOULD BE TRULY INFORMED OF THE STATE OF THE CANVASS. Democratic Party in 1852.

WASHINGTON CITY, OCT. 9TH, 1852. DEAR SIR: THE ZEALOUS AND ACTIVE FRIENDS, ON WHOSE ABILITY AND ENERGY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY RELIES FOR SUCCESS IN THE APPROACHING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, SHOULD BE TRULY INFORMED OF THE STATE OF THE CANVASS...

[Washington: 1852]. Folded sheet. [2], [2 blanks] pp. Untrimmed, Fine. Signed in type at the end: "C.H. Peaslee, J.W. Forney, A.G. Penn, Members of Democratic National Committee at Washington."

A rare printed Letter, optimistically emphasizing the "perfect unanimity" of the Democratic Party behind the Pierce-King ticket. By contrast, a "breach in the Whig array" has been caused by the dissatisfaction of Webster and Fillmore partisans with the selection of Winfield Scott as that Party's candidate.
In desperation, Scott is doing something unprecedented: "For the first time in our annals we have a candidate for the presidency taking the field in person, and within a month of the election traversing the Union urging his military services, and thus appealing to the military enthusiasm of the people for support." Democrats are urged "to bring out the Democratic strength."
OCLC 46081679 [1- W Res. Hist. Soc.], 78634182 [1- AAS], 80603700 [1- Clements] as of August 2021. Item #34415

Price: $250.00