(PRESIDENTS--1840 CAMPAIGN.) William Henry Harrison ribbon from the New Haven County Convention. Silk ribbon, 6 x 2 1/2 inches; folds, minor foxing, adhesive staining in upper and lower margins. New Haven County, CT, 8 October 1840
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 traced at auction since a Henkels sale, 11 February 1897, lot 830.
