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[POLITICAL EPHEMERA]. A collection of political ephemera, pamphlets, tickets, etc, 1868-through 1881. Together 29 pieces, various sizes, including several documents and partial documents with original seals, a few items with embossed stamps.
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[POLITICAL EPHEMERA]. A collection of political ephemera, pamphlets, tickets, etc, 1868-through 1881. Together 29 pieces, various sizes, including several documents and partial documents with original seals, a few items with embossed stamps.
Contents: [Currier & Ives]. Lithographic campaign portrait of U.S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax, 1868, 14 x 10 in., small tear at edge, browning -- Satirical "Greenback" in $1,000 denomination, [1884], a narrow oblong, text attacks paper money policies of B.F. Butler as candidate of the National (Greenback) party for President. Rare. -- Two admission tickets to House of Representatives count of electoral votes (during Hayes-Tilden electoral crisis), 14 & 20 February 1877, both oblong - Printed ticket to Andrew Johnson impeachment proceedings, 7 May 1868, oblong, bright yellow - [BRADY, Matthew]. Carte-de-visite photograph of the managers of the impeachment trial, 1868, 1½ x 4 in., Brady backstamp -- Printed ticket to U.S. Grant's Inauguration (2nd term), 1873, a small oblong -- Two printed tickets for admission to U.S. Senate, n.d. [1870s?] -- Handbill for National Union Republican Ticket, [1868], Grant/Colfax ticket, 8vo, with note on verso "used by Colored voters" -- The Presidents, [1881], 12mo, series of two-tone oval portraits (ending with Garfield), original light blue printed wrappers. Fine - Handbill for Massachusetts Republican Association, October 1870 - Satirical handbill for fictitious 1868 ticket of Salmon P. Chase and Jefferson Davis, 8vo -- Five large handbill tickets for Massachusetts elections, 1866-1868, including Republican, Liberal Democratic, etc., each narrow folio -- Two National Republican Union handbill tickets for Massachusetts, 1868, with portraits of Grant and Colfax, each narrow folio -- Two handbills for committee planning Inauguration of U.S. Grant, 4 March 1869, each 8vo -- And six others.
Contents: [Currier & Ives]. Lithographic campaign portrait of U.S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax, 1868, 14 x 10 in., small tear at edge, browning -- Satirical "Greenback" in $1,000 denomination, [1884], a narrow oblong, text attacks paper money policies of B.F. Butler as candidate of the National (Greenback) party for President. Rare. -- Two admission tickets to House of Representatives count of electoral votes (during Hayes-Tilden electoral crisis), 14 & 20 February 1877, both oblong - Printed ticket to Andrew Johnson impeachment proceedings, 7 May 1868, oblong, bright yellow - [BRADY, Matthew]. Carte-de-visite photograph of the managers of the impeachment trial, 1868, 1½ x 4 in., Brady backstamp -- Printed ticket to U.S. Grant's Inauguration (2nd term), 1873, a small oblong -- Two printed tickets for admission to U.S. Senate, n.d. [1870s?] -- Handbill for National Union Republican Ticket, [1868], Grant/Colfax ticket, 8vo, with note on verso "used by Colored voters" -- The Presidents, [1881], 12mo, series of two-tone oval portraits (ending with Garfield), original light blue printed wrappers. Fine - Handbill for Massachusetts Republican Association, October 1870 - Satirical handbill for fictitious 1868 ticket of Salmon P. Chase and Jefferson Davis, 8vo -- Five large handbill tickets for Massachusetts elections, 1866-1868, including Republican, Liberal Democratic, etc., each narrow folio -- Two National Republican Union handbill tickets for Massachusetts, 1868, with portraits of Grant and Colfax, each narrow folio -- Two handbills for committee planning Inauguration of U.S. Grant, 4 March 1869, each 8vo -- And six others.