Keep Off the Rocks! or General Hancock's Election Means Destruction of the Business Prosperity of the Country. Tract No. IX.
New York: David H. Gildersleeve, Printer, [1880]. 4 pp. 16mo. Self wrappers. First edition. A very good copy, faint fold. Item #36562
Scarce Garfield campaign piece for the 1880 election. Also issued as "Why young men should vote for Gen. James A. Garfield." Argues that the Republicans have brought prosperity by limiting free trade and by returning the county to the gold standard; by 1880 the nation's money was backed by gold alone, though the issue would continue to be hotly debated for years. OCLC shows three locations: Hagley, Western Reserve, and Rutherford Hayes Pres. Ctr.; the variant title is held at the first two locations.
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