Nov 21 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2687 -

Sale 2687 - Lot 199

Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(PRESIDENTS--1840 CAMPAIGN.) William Henry Harrison ribbon from the New Haven County Convention. Silk ribbon, 6 x 2½ inches; folds, minor foxing, adhesive staining in upper and lower margins. New Haven County, CT, 8 October 1840
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Illustrated with a portrait of Harrison and his facsimile signature. This Whig county convention was held in New Haven just a month before the election, long after Harrison had received the national nomination. After a grand procession through the city, the more than 5,000 attendees heard speeches denouncing the Van Buren administration (see the Hartford Courant, 9 October 1840). Fischer & Sullivan, American Political Ribbons WHH-43a. None others traced at auction since a Henkels sale, 11 February 1897, lot 830.

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