Nov 17, 2016 - Sale 2432

Sale 2432 - Lot 280

Price Realized: $ 390
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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(PRESIDENTS--1868 CAMPAIGN.) Certification of the Pennsylvania's votes for vice president in the Electoral College. 16 x 8 inches; full separation along center horizontal fold, otherwise minor wear. Harrisburg, PA, 2 December 1868

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The state's 26 votes are here cast for the winning vice-presidential candidate Schuyler Colfax, who served under Grant. with--a pair of letters on presidential elections, both with typed transcripts: Linus Parker to brother L.E. Parker, recounting the election returns in Kinsman, OH and surrounding towns. "We fear greatly that all is lost. If Ohio goes for Jackson, he will be elected." Kinsman, OH, 1 November 1828 S.C. Dorr[?] to unknown. "The defeat of the Republican Party during the recent campaign is analogous to the first buddings of the delicate shrub which are smitten by the biting frosts of an immature spring." Np, circa December 1856.