[Taylor, Zachary]:

[CONFIDENTIAL.] ROOM OF THE WHIG STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, NO. 20 OLD STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, SEPTEMBER, 1848 : DEAR SIR:--THE UNDERSIGNED, SECRETARIES OF THE WHIG STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, HAVE BEEN SPECIALLY REQUESTED TO ATTEND TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PARTY THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH, AND RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING CONSIDERATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ...

[Boston: 1848]. Broadsheet, 8" x 10, printed on blue paper, with illustration at the head of the letter depicting Taylor, holding an American flag and sitting on a rock. "Taylor & Fillmore" is printed on the flag. Old folds, a few small chips to blank edges. Foremargin singed or otherwise discolored, as are several inches along a fold. Signed in type at end by N.W. Coffin and P. Greely, Jr., as secretaries. Good.

The letter the organization of the Party in Massachusetts, lists the names of the members of the State Central Committees and the Chairmen of the County Committees. County Committees are to form Town Committees which will ascertain the political views of those considered doubtful and seek to convert them. Town Committees are to gather the names of the young Whig voters and encourage formation of First Voters' Associations. The goal is to win over by "irrefragable facts and arguments all who sincerely desire the true welfare of the country, and who are disposed to do right when properly informed as to the path of duty.'"
OCLC 60984381 [2-NYHS, AAS] as of March 2022, Item #38250

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