PRO LINCOLN COLLECTION OF 1864 CIVIL WAR ERA HANDBILLS.
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Each is 9x11.5". Four handbills total. Published by the National Union Executive Committee, Astor House, NY. Handbills are titled: "What Jeff. Davis Thinks Of The War," "Who Shall Be Vice-President?" ""Is The War A Failure?" and "What Genuine Democrats Think Of The Rebellion." Each has a stain along the right edge in center. The "Vice-President" and "Failure" handbills have tears and areas of loss along right edge. All have moderate wear and handling. Horizontal creases from fold lines. Range in condition from Good to Fine. Rare campaign ephemera promoting the Union Ticket of Lincoln and Johnson while condemning the Confederates and their Democratic sympathizers.
Jeff Davis Roots for the Democrats 53. [Davis, Jefferson]: WHAT JEFF. DAVIS THINKS OF THE WAR. [New York: National Union Executive Committee, 1864]. Broadside, 9" x 11 1/2", printed in two columns. Old folds, a bit of foxing, Very Good. A rare broadside, demonstrating Jefferson Davis's affinity with the Democratic Party, expressed at its Chicago convention. "The main plank of the Chicago Platform is that which pronounces the war a FAILURE, and on that account demands that 'IMMEDIATE EFFORTS BE MADE FOR A CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES'." Eberstadt calls this a "scarce piece denouncing the Chicago plank, and airing Davis' views as expressed at Macon, Montgomery, and Richmond. The effectual way to end the war and restore the Union is: VOTE FOR LINCOLN." FIRST EDITION. 133 Eberstadt 281. OCLC locates seven copies under several accession numbers as of April 2017.
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