(PRESIDENTS 1840 CAMPAIGN) William Henry Harrison ribbon fr

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(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

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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 traced at auction since a Henkels sale, 11 February 1897, lot 830.