(WEST TEXAS) Elisha Marshall Pease To the Voters of Texas

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(WEST--TEXAS.) Elisha Marshall Pease. To the Voters of Texas. Letterpress broadside, 24 x 18 inches broadside, signed in type as governor; toned, worn with repaired separations at folds causing slight loss of text, and restoration in both upper corners not affecting text. Austin, TX, 23 June 1855

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Pease is today regarded as a popular and successful governor; he launched the state's public education system among other accomplishments. In this broadside, he advocates for his own re-election against a challenger from the Know-Nothing Party, here described as "a society whose principles and plan of operations are alike kept a secret from the world." In August 1855 he handily gained re-election. He went on to support the Union during the Civil War and became one of the founders of the Texas Republican Party. Winkler, Texas Imprints 583. 2 examples in OCLC (Yale and Houston Public Library), and none traced at auction since 1970.