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Lot Description

[POLITICS]. Mid-to-late nineteenth-century political ephemera, including:

Silk campaign ribbon promoting Fremont & Dayton for the Presidential Election of 1856. Ca 1856. 2 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. printed silk ribbon, featuring a portrait of John C. Fremont in uniform, mounted on horseback against a mountainous backdrop, with "Fremont & Dayton" above and "Free Soil Free Speech Free Press Fremont" below (light edge wear). With "Pathfinder" included in the mountainous landscape.

[With:] A scarce printed 1857 election ticket for Nathaniel P. Banks, of Waltham, for Governor of Massachusetts, on the American Republican "Union Ticket." -- Ink signature of Banks ("N.P. Banks, Waltham Jan 29."

[With:] General Garfield as a Statesman and Orator. New York: National Republican Committee, 1880. 8vo (4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.) pamphlet. Original printed wrappers (toning, some staining to wrappers, few minor chips). First Edition. A 32-page pamphlet containing paragraphs from Garfield's speeches in Congress and on the stump. It includes passages on the amendment abolishing slavery, the death of Lincoln, and taxation. -- We Mourn our Loss: President Jas. A. Garfield. 3 1/2 x 5 in. printed card with black border, commemorating the 1881 assassination of James Garfield (toning, minor edge wear).

[Also with:] The New York Times and Evening Star. Vol. 6, No. 943. 5 April 1841. Black-bordered edition annoucing the death of President William Henry Harrison. -- BADGER, George E. (1795-1866). Autograph letter signed ("Geo. E. Badger") regarding a debt owed. 17 June 1850. Senate Chamber. -- CASS, Lewis (1782-1866). Clipped signature ("Lewis Cass"). -- Letter by William Broadfoot, cashier of the Bank of Fayetteville, NC, who writes in part about President Polk and an unflattering assessment of Zachary Taylor. 8 February 1848.

Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the “Historical Shop”

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