(VIRGINIA) Group of 5 Virginia items with political content

Sale 2486 - Lot 396

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(VIRGINIA.) Group of 5 Virginia items with political content. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1819-44

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James Barbour, United States Senator from Virginia and President of the Senate. Autograph Letter Signed to a Judge Round, discussing the issues facing the Senate over the course of 8 pages, including the deficit, banking legislation, and "unsettled differences with Spain . . . no part of the Union will be more exposed than Virginia." Washington, 19 December 1819 Alexander Mebane. Autograph Letter Signed to father James: "The Whigs put up a huge log cabin in Richmond last week 90 x 50 where they hold political meetings almost every night." "Hill Side" but postmarked Richmond, VA, 15 July circa 1840 L.A. Williams. Autograph Letter Signed to Reuben T. Thornton: "There has been great excitement amongst the servants. It is the general impression that if Harrison is elected that he will set them free. . . . We have been broken up by the sheriff, the last servant has been sold." Brentsville, VA, 12 October 1840 Letter dated Berryville, VA, 9 April 1842 on printed William Henry Harrison "Hard Cider" letterhead Newspaper clipping about "coon poles" erected by Whigs in support of Henry Clay, with inserted paper star possibly removed from a similar pole, free-franked by H. Scott and addressed to a recipient in Locust Grove, Stafford County. Np, [1844].