[Washington, D.C.]: Republican Executive Congressional Committee, 1860. 7 pp., [1]. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. List of speeches and documents available from the Republican Executive Congressional Committee on last page. An attack on the south and the sessionists. Removed from a larger volume else a very good copy with tear on... More
![Garfield as Candidate. Did He Meet with Opposition or Defection in His Own Party. A Broad, Comprehensive Refutation of Democratic Allegations. The Vote and Circumstances of each Congressional Canvass Stated. The nineteenth district executive committee speaks with no uncertain sound. [No. 48. ]. Harmon Austin.](/pictures/thumb/37342.jpg?v=1477075621)
Warren [Ohio]: n.p., 1880. 4 pp. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. Republican campaign document refuting a lack of support for Garfield with statistics. OCLC locates eight copies under two accession numbers. A very good copy with minor soiling. More
n.p. [Boston]: [1805]. 24 pp. 8vo. Stitched blank paper wrappers. First edition. Bidwell supported Sullivan, a Jeffersonian, against Strong, a Federalist, and governor since 1800. A few corner creases, small marginal stain, faint dampstain to one corner of a few rear leaves, one leaf with marginal tear, overall still about... More
![Extra Globe. Volume 6. September 2, 1840. Number 12 [with] September 4, 1840. Number 13 [with] September 18, 1840. Number 16 [Three Issues]. Francis Preston Blair, Amos Kendall, eds.](/pictures/thumb/43584.jpg?v=1477518032)
[Washington, D.C.]: Blair and Rives, 1840. 16 pp. each. [177-192; 193-208; 241-258]. 4to. Stitched self wrappers. First edition. A Democratic party organ for the 1840 election between Van Buren and Harrison. Both Blair and Kendall were prominent Democratic party publicists, Blair being the influential editor of the Washington 'Globe' and... More
[Silver Spring, Md.]: [1856]. 15 pp. Double col. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. Signed and dated in print: Silver Spring, August 15, 1856 (earlier than the other letter with a similar title: "Republican Documents. Letter from Francis P. Blair. To my neighbors." Blair, instrumental in forming the new Republican Party... More
Washington, D.C. National Silver Committee, 1896. 14, [2] pp. 8vo. Stapled self wrappers. First edition. In support of bimetallism and private property. "We do not propose to transfer the rewards of industry to the lap of indulgence. Property is and will remain the stimulus to endeavor and the compensation for... More
n.p. n.p., 1896. 16 pp. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. In support of bimetallism and private property. "We do not propose to transfer the rewards of industry to the lap of indulgence. Property is and will remain the stimulus to endeavor and the compensation for toil." OCLC locates two printings... More
n.p. [The American Protective Tariff League]:, [1896]. 16 pp. Sm. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. At the head of the title: 59. This was publication number 59 of The American Protective Tariff League, organized in 1885, though no mention is made of it in the document. Printed in two... More
n.p. n.p., [1856]. 21 pp. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. A Democratic campaign document addressed primarily to voters of Pennsylvania and in support of James Buchanan (from the 1856 election). Disbound, lacking the wrappers, tanned extremities, 2 small punctures in the lower margin not affecting text, otherwise leaves clean; a good... More
[Boston]: [E.B. Foster & Co.?], 1856. 8 pp. 8vo. Removed. Reprint. From the "Boston Courier," August 14, 1856. Choate could not attend this meeting of The Whigs of Maine, so sent in his speech which declared the first duty of the Whigs was "to defeat and dissolve the new geographical... More
New York: Baker & Godwin, Printers, 1873. 24 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Peter Cooper, intro. Proposes a new election system to reduced corruption. Would replace direct elections. A very good copy, small chips on the wrappers, period owner's signature. More
n.p. n.p., 1894. 4 pp. Sm. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. "'The best campaign document furnished the Republican party, of which we will not hear the last until the approaching canvass is ended, will be the letter of the President denouncing the Senate without exception for having framed a bill... More
New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1844. 128 pp.; 16 pp. I-VIII each 16 pp. but paged continuously on in lower margin; X, 8 pp. without continuous pagination. 8vo. Disbound. Later printing. Published every second month. Includes: The Test; or Parties Tried by their Acts; The Currency; The Tariff; Life of... More
![[Archive of 10 Pamphlets from the 1924 Coolidge Presidential Campaign]. Calvin Coolidge.](/pictures/thumb/43095.jpg?v=1444659043)
Republican National Committee and others, (1924). Illus. with b/w photos, drawings, and a map. Various sizes from 8 x 5.5 inches to 6 x 3.5 inches. Paper wrappers. First edition. Ten printed campaign items most from the Republican National Committee and three from the "The Home Town Coolidge Club of... More
Washington [D.C.]: Thomas Allen, 1840. 21 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Eight editions were issued the same year in four cities. Caleb Cushing (1800-1879) was a member of Congress at the time he wrote this campaign biography. About very good, title page detached, light soiling and foxing. Sabin 18092n. Amer... More
![[Political Cartoon] A Few Really Pertinent Questions. Viceroy Li Hung Chang to Viceroy Hanna. Homer Davenport.](/pictures/thumb/37333.jpg?v=1472581966)
n.p. n.p., [1896]. [1 sheet]. Illus. with 1 b/w drawing. 5 3/8 x 3 1/2 inches. An early and important political cartoon, reproduced without attribution (though everyone would have been familiar with the source) as an anti-McKinley political piece, by "the most famous cartoonist of 1896," Homer Davenport (1867-1912), which... More
New York: n.p., [1891]. 16 pp. Sm. 8vo. Stitched paper self-wrappers. First edition. The Democratic Club had recently reorganized to set it apart from municipal politics as well as to attract nonresident members to its new building. Contains a list of members and their addresses, both resident and nonresident. A.... More
New York: Clarke & Co., Printers, (1884). 40 pp. 8vo. Illustrated paper wrappers. First edition. One of two variants. Also published in German and in an abbreviated version of four pages. Cleveland beat Blaine, breaking the Republican monopoly on the Presidency since Lincoln. About very good with several chips, small... More
Washington [D.C.]: Issued by the National Democratic Executive Committee; McGill & Witherow, Printers, [1860]. 24 pp. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. Very soiled, chipped and detached wrappers, Large stains to first few leaves then mainly marginal throughout, rear leaf torn, fore edge ragged, but still a complete and legible copy of... More
Washington [D.C.]: Published Under the Authority of the National and Jackson Democratic Association Committee, 1848. 8 pp. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. Though it appeared at first that the Democratic Party would be easy winners in the 1848 Presidential election, the Whigs nomination of Mexican War hero Zachary Taylor upset... More
New York: Printed at the Daily News Job Office, 1856. 80 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. An examination of the twist and turns of the history of the two major factions of the New York Democrats along the fault line of the slavery issue from the convention of 1843 to... More
n.p. n.p., 1852. 8 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Support for the Democratic candidate Pierce against the Whig Winfield Scott in the Presidential Campaign. Douglas argued that a professional Army officer, such as Scott, should not be president of a free Republic and noted the Whigs' nativist policies. A very... More
n.p. n.p., n.d. [circa 1888]. 4 pp. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. First section title reads "Exorbitant Charge of Special Counsel in Bell Telephone Case - $75 per day - $100 while Sleeping en Route to Cincinnati." Goes on to accuse the Department of Justice of rights violations and cronyism... More
Boston: Henry L. Devereux, Printer, 1839. 48 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. A strong campaign piece in support of Van Buren and attacking the opposition, including Massachusetts leaders: "Instead of this the political relation assumed by Massachusetts towards the General Government has been for forty years past... sometimes almost rebellious... More
Boston: Printed by Munroe and Francis, 1810. 24 pp. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. A long political sermon (that with minor changes could be preached today) analyzing the current European situation with a strong anti-French pro-British view, "I consider all of our political misfortunes and all of our political blunders as... More