Philadelphia 1856. Folio broadside 13" x 18-1/2." Printed in five columns beneath the caption title. Lightly toned with scattered spotting and several shallow chips at blank margins. Good. Signed in type at the end by "Charles Gibbons Chairman of Rep. State Ex. Committee Philadelphia Oct. 20 1856."<br /> <br /> This rare broadside prints the Address of Pennsylvania's Republican State Executive Committee "To the People of Pennsylvania." It reports Republicans' efforts to form an alliance with members of the American or Know-Nothing Party who are "opposed to the extension of slavery and to the election of Mr. Buchanan to the Presidency." <br /> The broadside demonstrates the chaotic rearrangements of Party affiliations in this crucial election year: the Whig Party was on the verge of extinction destroyed by the growing sectional conflict over slavery; and the Know Nothings under former President Fillmore sought to fill the void. The Committee warns that "Mr. Fremont and Mr. Fillmore are therefore rival candidates." The Committee urges "Friends of liberty" to vote the Fremont ticket "If you would check the extension of slavery and assert the worth and dignity of free labor." <br /> The Library of Congress is the only location recorded by OCLC. Its title Control No. 2021768425 reverses the placement of our second and third sentences. We have located no other copies.<br /> Not in Sabin Eberstadt Decker. Not at AAS. OCLC 1280407366 1- DLC as of December 2024. unknown
Allentown PA: IOOF 1842. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 35pp. Page 3 is a printed form accomplished by hand in sepia ink: "This is to certify that Thomas Weaver was regularly initiated into this Lodge on the 12th day of Nov. 1842. signed David Kern N.G. and Peter Leisenring V.G. Attest Jonas Ettinger Secretary. Allentown November 12th 1842." Then follow the Constitution By-laws and Rules of Order of the Lodge. Bound in old marbled wrappers. 5.75" x 3.75" Unrecorded by OCLC/WorldCat. Not in American Imprints which does cite other Odd-Fellows publications in 1842. IOOF unknown
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