SPEECH OF JUDGE BURNETT, OF OHIO, IN THE WHIG NATIONAL CONVENTION, GIVING A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF GEN. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.
Washington: Printed at the Madisonian Office, 1839. 8pp, a folded folio leaf, untrimmed and uncut. Lightly foxed, else Very Good.
This is the first edition, reprinted in 1840 for the presidential campaign. Burnett had been a Senator from Ohio, having succeeded Harrison in that office. He was an authority on Ohio's early history [see, e.g., Howes B96]. Burnett praises Harrison fulsomely.
Miles 77. Haynes 2516. AI 54745 [5]. Item #38269
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