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Sale 2148 - Lot 274

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A UNIQUE ARCHIVE OF LOCAL POLITICAL BROADSIDES (NEW YORK.) Group of 6 broadsides relating to upstate New York politics. Various sizes and conditions, as noted. Albany, 1806-1820
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A group of broadsides issued in upstate New York by Federalist Party partisans. The state party's leading figure during this period was DeWitt Clinton, who served as New York City mayor and later as governor. Three broadsides relate to the 1806 campaign for the New York State Senate's western district, covering Schoharie, Herkimer, Onondaga, and Cayuga counties. Another relates to alleged improprieties in Gov. Morgan Lewis's appointment of a Westchester County sheriff. The final two also apparently emanate from the "western district," and relate to Clinton's re-election campaign as governor, in which he defeated the sitting U.S. Vice President Daniel Tompkins. "To the 40 Gentlemen" asserts that "New-York has, in direct opposition to her dearest interests, long played the second fiddle to Virginia in the concert of politics," asking "Do you wish this state to continue the tame, dependent satellite of the slave-holding states?"

DeWitt Clinton's "To the Republican Electors of the Western District," by "A Uniform Republican." 411 x 339 mm, slightly defective with minimal loss of text. Np, [1806] "To the Electors of the Western District." 389 x 325 mm. Np, [1806] Chauncey Gridley, et al. "Circular. Sir, if the same political integrity and honorable firmness. . ." 254 x 210 mm. Oneida County, 23 April 1806 DeWitt Clinton. "Falsehood Detected! To the Public." 502 x 307 mm. Albany, 7 March 1807 "To the 40 Gentlemen who have Addressed the Independent Federal Electors of the State of New-York," by "A Uniform Republican." 348 x 280 mm. [Np, ca. April 1820] "Federal Bucktail Address," by "No Time Server." 352 x 266 mm; slightly damaged with some loss of text. Np, 19 April 1820.

All six broadsides are full of vitriolic references to long-extinct political feuds and obscure local alliances. They are also handsome examples of early American political propaganda. Only one has been located elsewhere: the broadside signed "A Uniform Republican" is listed as Shaw-Shoemaker 11490. The other five are apparently unrecorded.