TO THE ELECTORS OF THE WESTERN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. THE HON. WILKINS UPDIKE, OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN, IS NOW A CANDIDATE TO REPRESENT YOU IN THE NEXT CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES...
[Providence? Kingston RI? 1847?]. Folio broadside, 12-1/4" x 19". Caption title, printed in four columns. Tanned, some light spotting. Signed in type, "A Citizen of Narragansett." Good+.
Updike was a Rhode Island Whig, lawyer, and public-spirited citizen. As a state legislator, he improved public education, reformed the judiciary, and extended rights to married woman. This broadside lists his qualifications, past accomplishments and outstanding character.
An opponent of the Dorrites, "his zeal was tempered with discretion and with mildness and forbearance towards his political opponents." Moreover, Updike is "a foe to the extension and existence of Slavery, and opposed to the present unhappy war in which our nation is engaged."
OCLC records four locations [AAS, DLC, Brown, Clements] under several accession numbers as of December 2022. Item #34837
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