A FREE PASS. ENTITLING THE HOLDER TO THE TENDER MERCIES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PURIFYING ASSOCIATION, WHO WILL GUARANTEE TO CLEANSE EVERY PARTICLE OF COPPERHEADISM FROM OUR NATURE- SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR AN HONEST MAN WITHOUT PREJUDICE. MEETING HOURS FROM 7 TO 11 P.M., EVERY DAY. FAITHFUL OFFICERS ALWAYS IN ATTENDANCE.
[np: 1864]. Broadside, 6.25" x 9", with two-thirds of the sheet consisting of a wood engraving entitled "The Purifying Process." Toned, with a few short blank edge chips. Good+.
This scarce political broadside mocks the Copperheads, who opposed the Lincoln Administration and the Civil War. The broadside depicts humorous rituals imposed on the Copperheads, designed to purge Copperhead-ism from their natures. Weitenkampf and OCLC call this an 1864 broadside, with the Lincoln-McClellan election the subject of this piece.
Weitenkampf, page 140. OCLC 14137917 [4- Lincoln Presidential Library, Brown, U IL, Princeton], 1360327631 [1- DLC], 1085916488 [1- AAS] as of May 2024. Item #40035
Price: $750.00