Lot 264
[RECONSTRUCTION - SUFFRAGE]. Attention! Voters! Don't Be Deceived. Every vote for the Republican Ticket is a vote in favor of Negro Suffrage! [New Jersey]: n.p., ca 1867.
Sale 1310 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Feb 27, 2024
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[RECONSTRUCTION - SUFFRAGE]. Attention! Voters! Don't Be Deceived. Every vote for the Republican Ticket is a vote in favor of Negro Suffrage! [New Jersey]: n.p., ca 1867.
12 x 18 3/4 in. letterpress broadside (backed with archival fibrous paper, having some areas of loss, some separation along creases, and areas of spotting and dampstaining); matted and framed to 15 3/8 x 22 1/4 in.
This campaign broadside urges voters to cast their ballots for Charles T. Molony, declaring that "Every Vote for Charles T. Molony is a Vote Against Negro Suffrage."
According to the 1905 Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Charles T. Molony served as a New Jersey State Assemblyman, representing Gloucester County, in 1868.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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