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185234357Washington 1852. Caption title as issued. 16pp. At head of title cuts of a farmer plowing with his team of horses; and an arm and hammer surrounded by a wreath. Disbound lightly toned or foxed else Very Good.<br /> <br /> These Washington D.C. Democrats "possessed of no political suffrage ourselves" warn in this scarce campaign pamphlet against the election of Winfield Scott a career military man and the Whigs' 1852 presidential candidate. Of our past presidents "The only professional soldier was General Taylor who for upwards of forty years had devoted himself exclusively to his profession of arms. If the evils resulting from his election under which we are now suffering had tongues to speak to you you would not soon repeat that error."<br /> The enviable qualities of Franklin Pierce the Democrats' nominee and a perfect example of "the northern man with southern principles" are trumpeted. Trashing the short presidency of General Taylor the pamphlet finds telling parallels in the career of General Scott. "All who know him know his weakness his egotism his aristocratic haughtiness." To boot "General Scott's opinions on the slavery question are hostile to the interests and safety of the South and to the patriotic opinions of the northern democracy. He fraternizes with such fanatics as Seward Hale Sumner Garrison Phillips and Gerritt sic Smith." <br /> OCLC 23149127 5 as of August 2021. Not in Miles. unknown
18601253Washington City: National Executive Committee 1860. Folded but not bound or opened. Octavo. 8 pages. Very good with some light soil a few short edge tears two old horizontal fold creases and separation along spine fold of first and last leaves. Campaign pamphlet for the candidacy of John C. Breckinridge and John Lane for President and Vice President in 1860. Breckinridge was then Vice President under James Buchanan. These were the nominees of a Southern pro-slavery faction of the Democratic Party. <br /> <br /> This pamphlet uses quotes from speeches of these gentlemen and their opponents to argue that the election of any of the other three sets of candidates in 1860 would likely result in Civil War. The other tickets were: Stephen Douglas and Hershel V. Johnson Democratic John Bell and Edward Everett Constitutional Union and Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin Republican. [National Executive Committee] unknown
20018Printed for the Authoress" University of Oxford. 1852. . A lively Oxford spoof which can be dated precisely from the references to Marsham Gladstone and the coming General Election. In the General Election of July 1852 the Peelite Gladstone defeated the Conservative Marsham who had been put forward by 'the heads Protestants and protectionists'. A reference to German education is a nod towards the first Oxford University Commission whose report published in 1852 recommended that a switch to a more Germanic educational system. For the background see Brock and Curthoys 'History of the University of Oxford' vol. 6 1997. Printed in black on one side of a 31 x 19 cm. piece of wove paper. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. An announcement in the customary Victorian style of mixed typefaces and point sizes with a series of 'advertisements' printed one above the other. At bottom right: 'Printed for the Authoress.' Begins: 'Mrs. Harris' Commemoration Advertiser The Perfect Substitute for Reform. The Abolition of Dons: A single Trial will convince the most incredulous. The Metaphysical Syphonia Or invisible Wrapper warranted Reason proof and weighs nothing. Apply to the Marines. Il n'y a pas de prix fixe.' A number of quips follow including a dig at 'the Proctors' a list of five 'Candidates for vacant Professorships' the last: 'Practical Electioneering . All the Fellows of Ln.' a fake advertisement for a new book titled 'The Freshman's Vade-Mecum'. The next section refers to the recommendation of the Oxford University Commission that the University follow the German mode of education: 'A Professor Not unequal as he trusts to the educational requirements of the 19th Century has a vacancy for One Pupil. He engages that in six months his fond parents shall not know him from a GERMAN STUDENT. N.B. Duelling extra.' Next there is another spoof advertisement for a book this one titled 'Weathercockiana or the Gladstone of the Future.' Then there comes: 'PRIZE ESSAY Open to all Masters of Arts who have not Graduated in Honours; and to be awarded when Dr. Marsham is returned for the University “On the best means of reconciling the Duties of a Head of a House with those of a Member of Parliament.â€' A couple more joke announcements end the spoof. Presumably "Mrs Harris" is inspired by the non-appearing character in Dickens' "Martin Chuzzlewit". From the papers of Rev. Dr Richard Harington Principal of Brasenose College Oxford. No other copy traced either on OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC. Printed for the Authoress" [ University of Oxford. 1852. ] unknown
20194Printed for the Authoress" University of Oxford. 1852. . A lively Oxford spoof which can be dated precisely from the references to Marsham Gladstone and the coming General Election. In the General Election of July 1852 the Peelite Gladstone defeated the Conservative Marsham who had been put forward by 'the heads Protestants and protectionists'. A reference to German education is a nod towards the first Oxford University Commission whose report published in 1852 recommended that a switch to a more Germanic educational system. For the background see Brock and Curthoys 'History of the University of Oxford' vol. 6 1997. Printed in black on one side of a 31 x 19 cm. piece of wove paper. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. An announcement in the customary Victorian style of mixed typefaces and point sizes with a series of 'advertisements' printed one above the other. At bottom right: 'Printed for the Authoress.' Begins: 'Mrs. Harris' Commemoration Advertiser The Perfect Substitute for Reform. The Abolition of Dons: A single Trial will convince the most incredulous. The Metaphysical Syphonia Or invisible Wrapper warranted Reason proof and weighs nothing. Apply to the Marines. Il n'y a pas de prix fixe.' A number of quips follow including a dig at 'the Proctors' a list of five 'Candidates for vacant Professorships' the last: 'Practical Electioneering . All the Fellows of Ln.' a fake advertisement for a new book titled 'The Freshman's Vade-Mecum'. The next section refers to the recommendation of the Oxford University Commission that the University follow the German mode of education: 'A Professor Not unequal as he trusts to the educational requirements of the 19th Century has a vacancy for One Pupil. He engages that in six months his fond parents shall not know him from a GERMAN STUDENT. N.B. Duelling extra.' Next there is another spoof advertisement for a book this one titled 'Weathercockiana or the Gladstone of the Future.' Then there comes: 'PRIZE ESSAY Open to all Masters of Arts who have not Graduated in Honours; and to be awarded when Dr. Marsham is returned for the University “On the best means of reconciling the Duties of a Head of a House with those of a Member of Parliament.â€' A couple more joke announcements end the spoof. Presumably "Mrs Harris" is inspired by the non-appearing character in Dickens' "Martin Chuzzlewit". From the papers of Rev. Dr Richard Harington Principal of Brasenose College Oxford. No other copy traced either on OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC. Printed for the Authoress" [ University of Oxford. 1852. ] unknown
1812AQ31536Exeter: Printed by R. Cullum 1812. 152pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. The sole edition of a collection of songs squibs and correspondences issued in the 1812 general election campaign in Devon contested between Tory candidates Edmund Pollexfen Bastard 1784-1838 and Sir Thomas Dyke Acland 1787-1871. Uncommon. OCLC and COPAC locate copies at just six locations in the UK BL Devon & Exeter Institution Exeter Manchester Oxford and Plymouth. And only five further elsewhere Chicago Dutch National Library Linkoping Sydney and Waseda. . First edition. 12mo. Printed by R. Cullum unknown
1830004069<p>London; Truro: Baldwin and Craddock; G. Clyma; G; Taylor 1830. Five works bound as one - 1. 'Some Account of the Proceedings at the Election for Truro August 3-6 1830' London 1830 3 4-40pp; 2. 'Supplement to the Account of the Election for Truro; Containing Petitions of the Candidates and Burgesses Complaining of an Undue Return' London 1831 2 3-16pp; 3. 'Second Supplement to the Account of the Elections for Truro; Containing a Report of the Proceedings at the Election on the 3rd of May 1831' Truro G. Clyma 1831 2 3-24pp; 4. 'Farther Account of Election Proceedings in this Borough to their Successful Termination on the 15th of December 1832 Together With a Copy of the Poll Accompanied by a Map of the Renovated and Extended Borough' Truro G. Clyma 1833 2 3-80pp; and 5. 'Address Etc. on Occasion of Mr. W. Tooke's Visit to Truro Sept.-Oct. 1833' London G. Taylor 1833 2 3-16pp. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper over boards later rebacked and recornered with a new label. Ex-library with stamps of Incorporated Law Society to first title head of first page and foot of final page of final pamphlet manuscript contents page bound in at front. Small tear to head of first title lightly browned throughout. Fourth named with a colour folding map as called for. The Truro printer was G.eorge Clyma fl. 1830-1848 see BBTI. Accounts of the attempts to reform the election in Truro including a list of the constituents who voted for William Tooke. For a good overview of the proceedings see Jenkins in Fisher Ed 'The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832'. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 8vo.</p> Baldwin and Craddock; G. Clyma; G; Taylor hardcover
5149PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1840. ALS. 2pgs. November 18 1840. Cincinnati Ohio. An autograph letter signed J Burnet by Ohio lawyer and politician Jacob Burnet 1770-1853. It is addressed to James Dunlap of Pittsburg. Burnet replies to Dunlaps letter stating his concerns about Pennsylvania politics in light of the recent 1840 Presidential election in which William Henry Harrison defeated Martin Van Buren. Harrison would die only a month into his Presidency. Mentioning a schism at one point Burnet seems to anticipate the national divide that would eventually lead to the American Civil War although this may have referred to economic issues rather than the question of slavery: Dear Sir I have received your letter of the 12th inst and read it with interest. The matter it containsthe view you have taken of the state of parties in Penna are highly interesting and are certainly entitled to serious consideration. The mixture of parties of which you speak as having taken place in the late struggle can not as you observeThere is reason to fear that when the cause whichthe union the fruits of which we have just gathered shall warn so often at the repelling principlewill throw the parts from each other as far as they win before the conflict began unless something can be done to effect such a permanent combination as you refer to. I confess I now have understood the theory of partyas they have existed in and have agitated your state or the principles on which they have been found or by which they areI can however easilyschism may be the result of such an injudicious course on the part of theyou are anxious to prevent. It would give mow me great pleasure to be instrumental in preventing the wit you depict so strikingly were it in my power. I was known unequal to the task because I have no claims to the confidence of the General beyond those of his friends generally not because in addition to this I could not point him to the parties or the persons as to whom he ought to be on his guard. A frank communication from a confidential friend in Penna who understands the whole subject would receive the attention it deserves. An intelligent Pennacan communicate the specific information necessary to show him the danger and the mode of avoiding it. Advice or caution in a care like this to have its proper influence should come from the power of information. Your views on the subject of claims founded on services rendered in the late political contest are precisely those I entertain and express on all occasions and I have reason to believe the General looks on the subject though the same medium and views it in the same light. If our motives have been patriotic our labor has been done for the country and success is our only legitimate reward. If they have been personal they are not praiseworthy and ought not to be rewarded. I am confident that president elect views the matter in that light and that he does not feel personal obligations to any body on account of no part taken in the contest. If this be not so I have very much misunderstood his character. Yours very respectfully J Burnet. The letter is in very good condition with a loss to the back page that does not affect any content. A reminder of the eternal contention and controversy in American political elections. unknown
200211263Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press 2002. First Edition. Illustrated Paperback. Near fine. Report of the National Commission on Federal Election Reform signed by President Jimmy Carter. This report was produced by Brookings Institution with co-chairs being: Jimmy Carter Gerald R. Ford Lloyd N. Cutler and Robert H. Michel. Octavo vii 358pp. Illustrated paperback title on cover and spine. This copy appears unread. Signed by President Jimmy Carter on the half title with a full signature. In the wake of the 2000 presidential election a commission was established to look at the integrity of voting systems around the United States. The commission proposed improvements to federal state and local voting systems. The recommendations resulted in landmark legislation called the Help America Vote Act signed by President George W. Bush in 2002. Brookings Institution Press paperback
18489627np 1848. 16pp disbound and stitched minor scattered spotting. Very Good. <br /> <br /> NUC attributes authorship to Adams identified here only as "a Whig of the Free States." He is appalled at his Party's impending nomination of Zachary Taylor for the presidency. Taylor a Louisiana slaveholder had never voted or participated in civil affairs. His military career most recently in the Mexican War which northern Whigs had generally opposed as an unconstitutional land-grab for slavery was his only public activity. <br /> "He is a Military Chieftain-- and he is a Slave owner and in favor of the Extension of Slavery over new territories." Webster deserves the nomination: "Let there be no wavering none of the contemptible expediency doctrine which leads men to declare in one breath that Mr. Webster is their first choice and to say the next moment that they are ready to vote for General Taylor." <br /> FIRST EDITION. Sabin 55816. 3 NUC 0062491. Not in Miles LCP Eberstadt Decker Dumond. unknown
18487855Washington 1848. 8pp caption title as issued. Disbound else Very Good. <br /> <br /> A rare 1848 Democratic campaign pamphlet defending President Polk's vetoes. The veto power says his supporter Andrew Johnson "was established to enable the people to resist and repel encroachments on their rights." Since the country's founding Presidents have exercised the veto only 25 times. <br /> The document also includes Virginia Congressman Bayly's 1848 speech concurring with Johnson; and "Judge Story's Opinion on the Veto" taken from his Commentaries. <br /> Not in Sabin Eberstadt. OCLC 24637860 1- Lancaster Hist. Soc. 976424705 1- U VA as of January 2021. unknown
182836773Providence: Office of the Republican Herald 1828. 28pp stitched untrimmed lightly worn Very Good.<br /> <br /> American Imprints but not Bartlett attributes authorship to Wilkins Updike. This is a high-pitched attack on the alleged profligacy of the Adams administration and a call for the election of Andrew Jackson. <br /> "A suffering people cry for reform" the author says. "Did one of you ever dream that the funds of this Government were expended in the purchase of BILLIARD TABLES BILLIARD BALLS CHESS BOARDS AND CHESS MEN and other toys to gratify the gambling propensities of the cabinet" A Jackson presidency will bring back "the days of good old President Jefferson." <br /> FIRST EDITION. AI 36986 7. Bartlett 8. Office of the Republican Herald unknown
183219544Albany: Printed by Packard and Van Benthuysen 1832. 24pp. Disbound light fox and wear Good. <br /> <br /> Jackson and his first Vice President John C. Calhoun had become enemies in the Nullification Crisis their polar opposition bringing them into conflict. New York's Martin Van Buren leader of Northern Democrats and a skilled political manipulator was the easy choice. These Proceedings record the Delegates by State the balloting and its result and the "Address of the Republican Delegates of the State of New-York" defending the President's record tracing Jacksonians' roots to Thomas Jefferson and warmly endorsing their Favorite Son. <br /> FIRST EDITION. Sabin 93603. AI 13888 1. Not in Eberstadt or Decker. Printed by Packard and Van Benthuysen unknown
184838209Boston: Eastburn's Press 1848. 4 pp. Folded bifolium. Very Good. <br /> <br /> A scarce Whig 1848 campaign pamphlet prints Taylor's letters assuring wary northerners that this Louisiana planter and slaveowner could be trusted with the Nation's destiny. Taylor says he is "not engaged to lay violent hands indiscriminately upon public officers good or bad who may differ in opinion with me. I am not expected to force Congress by the coercion of the veto to pass laws to suit me or pass none. I would not be a partisan President." He says "I am a Whig but not an ultra Whig." <br /> Not in Sabin Eberstadt Decker Miles. OCLC records four locations under several accession numbers as of April 2022. Eastburn's Press unknown
184411033New-York 1844. 16mo. 152 28 adv. pp. Sewn lacks wraps. A bit of chipping at edges. Good to Good. <br /> <br /> An attack on the turncoat John Tyler who was the Whig Harrison's Vice President but betrayed the Whig cause after his own accession to the Presidency upon Harrison's death in 1841. The author supports Henry Clay for President. <br /> BAL 11051. AI 44-3548 5. unknown
191240330Westmoreland County PA 1912. 4to broadside in bold type faces and fonts. A rather clumsy repair on blank verso to a horizontal fold split. Else Very Good.<br /> <br /> This broadside is a Who's Who of Jeanette Westmoreland County Pennsylvania citizenry. They apparently backed the losers in the three-way 1912 presidential election President Taft; former President Roosevelt who ran on the Bull Moose Ticket.<br /> John H. Trescher Proprietor and co-founder of Jeannette Dispatch. William Elkin postmaster. S. Clark Daugherty Drugs and Books. George H. Trimble Proprietor of Hotel Marian. Peter W. Carney occupation listed as "lab". John "Jack" Smith occupation listed as lab. Lowry A. Reese Shoes. Joseph M. Hart Bartender at Hotel Kramer. Jacob Cotter Bartender at the Miller House. John H. Young Bartender at the Hotel Jeannette. Elias Adolph Proprietor of New McKee. William C. Koerbel of Koerbel Brothers florists and sheet metal workers. Charles S. Shumaker of Shumaker Ringer & Foster. Henry Levy Levy Brothers Clothing and Men's Furnishings. Albert Vogel baker. William Euwer Furniture and Carpets. Edward M. Gaughen barber. Eleazer Katz clerk at Union Clothing Store. John W. Keltz cashier at First National Bank. H. Homer Miller Insurance and Real Estate Funeral Director and Embalmer. Taken from R.L. Polk & Co.'s Greensburg Derry Jeannette and Latrobe Directory for 1913 accessed at Ancestry website August 2024. <br /> Not located on OCLC as of August 2024. unknown
184820489Washington 1848. 8pp printed in double columns caption title as issued. Disbound else Very Good. <br /> <br /> A scarce 1848 campaign pamphlet attacking Whig presidential candidate Zachary Taylor who "has no political principles and is perfectly ignorant upon political matters." On the burning issue of the Wilmot Proviso-- whether slavery ought to exist in the territories acquired from Mexico-- Taylor is a hypocrite: "At the North he is represented to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso." But "at the South his advocates contend that he is opposed.because he is a southern man and a slaveholder and therefore identified with southern interests." <br /> A Louisiana slaveholder Taylor surprised everyone after his election when he supported immediate statehood for California with its anti-slavery Constitution. <br /> Wise & Cronin 44 Taylor. Not in Sabin Miles Eberstadt Decker LCP. unknown
184014460Washington: Gideon 1840. Caption title as issued disbound. 16pp. Scattered foxing pinhole knocks out one letter. Good. A very scarce Whig campaign document producing official messages and correspondence exposing the militaristic tendencies of the incumbent Martin Van Buren. Joel Poinsett was Secretary of War at the time. Another issue is entitled 'Plan of the Standing Army.' Not in AI Sabin Eberstadt Decker. 624 NUC 0263455 1. Gideon unknown
185226314Boston: Beals Greene & Co. 1852. Disbound 24pp printed in double columns. Light wear Very Good. <br /> <br /> The 1852 presidential campaign pitting the Democrat Pierce against the Whig Scott featured an unseemly competition for the votes of Irish Catholic immigrants. Whigs who were at a disadvantage in this contest charged Pierce with being an anti-Catholic bigot. "The object of the Scott politicians in making the charge of intolerance at this time against General Pierce is to obtain the Catholic vote. It is an appeal to a SECT IN RELIGION to get its members to vote a certain way in POLITICS." <br /> This pamphlet rebuts the charge demonstrating that Pierce supported extending equal rights to Catholics in New Hampshire via constitutional amendment. <br /> Not in Sabin Miles Eberstadt Decker. OCLC lists a number of institutional copies. Beals, Greene & Co. unknown
185218550np. 1852. Disbound with some loosening 8pp. Printed in double columns. Caption title as issued. Light tan and wear Good. <br /> <br /> An attempt to tar General Winfield Scott the Whigs' 1852 presidential candidate with abolitionism; and to promote Franklin Pierce who by contrast is "devoted to the constitution and defended the rights guarantied by that sacred instrument." <br /> The Whigs have pandered to the extreme abolitionists the Liberty Party crew and seek to "absorb the friends and followers of James G. Birney and Wendall sic Phillips into the bosom of the whig party which is now under the leadership of Wm. H. Seward who will be the controlling spirit of the government should General Scott be elected." Birney Phillips and Seward were of course anathema to southerners and indeed to many northern Whigs and Democrats who did not wish the slavery issue to threaten the maintenance of the Union. <br /> FIRST EDITION. LCP 11125. Not in Sabin Miles Eberstadt Decker. unknown
003684Edinburgh: Alexander Dunbar Single sided printed broadside approximately 175mm 410mm in size n.d. but 1835. Lightly browned slightly creased one or two tiny nicks to edges but generally fairly bright. The printer Alexander Dunbar doesn't appear in the SBTI but is possibly the son of the Alexander Dunbar fl. 1763 mentioned as a 'running stationer' ie. street hawker of books and pamphlets in the SBTI. The broadside is a satire on the Conservative candidates James Andrew Broun-Ramsay and John Learmonth who were comfortably defeated in the Edinburgh election of 1835 by the Whigs John Campbell and James Abercromby. Abercromby later became speaker of the House of Commons and then a lord and his seat was then won by Thomas Babington Macauley. NLS only in JISC. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Elephant Folio. Broadside. Alexander Dunbar Paperback
19812091502135414764Not Available 1981. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Not Available paperback
1861ZB579780Washington: 1861. 161 pp issued as 37th Congress 1st Session HMD 4; extraction roughness at spine else very good in self wrappers. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Washington: unknown
1874004105<p>London: House of Commons 1874. Collection of papers relating to the Boston election of 1874 comprising - 1. 'Copy of the Shorthand Writer's Notes of the Evidence Taken at the Trial of the Boston Election Petition' iv 76pp; 2. 'For the Trial of Election Petitions' pp19-30; 3. 'Summons to Witness' form 1p; 4. 'Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Existence of Corrupt Practices at Parliamentary Elections in the Borough of Boston' 1876 5 vi-xiv 2 3-51pp 1; and 5. 'Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Existence of Corrupt Practices at Parliamentary Elections in the Borough of Boston' 1876 3 2-268pp. Half calf and marbled paper over boards raised bands spine in six panels title label to second panel gilt thick and thin double rules either side of bands. Rubbed to extremities lightly foxed to edges and occasionally to margins a few pen lines to margins previous owners name to head of a few of the different reports but generally clean. The fourth named includes a poll book printed on blue paper. The Liberals William Ingram and Thomas Parry were initially elected but "an election petition found extensive bribery relating to Parry's votes which on the initial count totalled 1347. However 353 of these were struck off - and further may have been taken if the process had not stopped on 8 June 1874 - leading to Malcolm's election instead. A Royal Commission was established to investigate the borough. A separate petition against Ingram was dropped" Wikipedia - Boston Election page. First Edition. Hardback. Good. Folio.</p> House of Commons hardcover
a488791952. Prepared by the Staff of the Senate Minority Policy Committee August 1952. 4to. 119 leaves rectos only spiral bound wraps. University Library stamp on front. VG. paperback
1852323680Np 1852. 16pp. 8vo. Removed with remains of later wrappers along the gutter margins of the first and last pages. 16pp. 8vo. Scarce piece of campaign ephemera relating to the election of 1852 which pitted Democrat Pierce against the Whig Winfield Scott. Pierce won in an electoral landslide. Sabin 91531 unknown
