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Other presidential campaign material, 1816-1888

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id3909

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents 4 DecLembejr 1816-  List of qualified electors from Virginia for the Presidential,Vice-Presidential election of 1816-  Attached is certification, signed by lv[ilson] C[ary] Nicholas, Governor of Virginia, along with two Seals of Virginia-  DS, D- 2 items-4 December 1816-  Certification and signatures of the following electors that all votes were cast for James Monroe, current Secretary of State, for President of the United States: Geo[rge] Newton, Charles H- Graves, John Pegram, John Turnall, Joseph C- Cabell, Ch[arles] Yancey, Spencer Roane,  Sthresley [?j Rennolds, Robert Taylor, Isaac Foster, Brazure W- Pryor, W[illia]m Jones; W[illia]m Lee Ball, John T- Brooke, H[ug]h Holmes, ArchLibaljd Rutherford, Arch[ibal]d Stuart, Andrew Russell, Charles Taylor, R[obert] B- Starke, William Archer, BenjCamin] Cook, W[illiajm Brockenbrough, Dan[ie]l Morgan, and John Edie-  1 p- DS-4 December 1816-  Certification and signatures of the following electors that all cast votes for Daniel D- Tompkins, current Governor of New York, for Vice-President of the United States: Geo[rge] Newton, Charles H- Graves, John Pegram, John Turnall, Joseph C- Cabell, Ch[arles] Yancey, Spencer Roane, Sthresley[?] Rennolds, Robert Taylor, Isaac Foster, Brazure W- Pryor, W[illia]m Jones, W[illia]m Lee Ball, John T- Brooke, HLug]h Holmes, Arch[ibal]d Rutherford, Arch[ibal]d Stuart, Andrew Russell, Charles Taylor, R[obert] B- Starke, William Archer, Ben3[amin] Cook, W[illia]m Brockenbrough, Dan|_ie]l Morgan, and John Edie-  1 p-- DS-1 December 1824-  Certificate signed by James Pleasants, Governor [of Virginia], giving the following names of duly qualified electors from Virginia for the Presidential election:  William C- Holt, Charles H- Graves, John Cargill, William H- Brodnax, Joseph Wyatt, James Jones,  Charles Yancey, Joseph Martin, Thomas M- Randolph, William Brockenbrough, John T- Lomax, William Jones, Robert Shield, Ellison Currie, Robert Taylor, Isaac Foster, Daniel Morgan, William Armstrong, Archibald Rutherford, John Bowyer, James Hoge, Andrew Russell, Joseph H- Samuels, and l-illiam Martin-  2 pp- D-  Including D-,  1 December 1824, certifying that the 24 Virginia electors all cast their votes for William H- Crawford of Georgia for President of the United States, and signed by the electors-  1 p- Frag-  Also including D-, 1 December 1824, signed by James Pleasants, substituting Col- Jos[eph] Wyatt of Charlotte Co- tor,  Gen- John Purnall, who failed to attend [the voting session?] at the Capitol in Richmond, and also re-listing all Virginia electors-  2 pp- E'rag-  Also including D-, 1 December 1824, certifying that all Virginia electors cast their votes for Nathaniel Macon of North Carolina for Vice-President of the United States, and signed by the electors-  1 p- Frag-[1832?]- Campaign ribbon from the [1832?] presidential campaign run by Henry Clay, with the slogan "His Country's friend in the hour of Danger"; and his portrait printed on it- AL-[9 April 1840]-  Circular to delegates [from Virginia] attending the upcoming presidential election, urging their support and vote for William Henry Harrison and John Tyler; includes engraving of a medal struck in honor of Harrison for his victory over the British in Canada, October 1813-  3 pp- Pl-i-[ca- 1844],  Campaign banner from the Presidential campaign of 1844, similar in style to the United States flag, with red and white stripes, and a navy field with stars in the top left corner, along with a likeness, head and shoulders view, of Henry Clay; also states "Clay and Frelinghuysen-"  1 item- Artifact- See Oversize File-  (A2)[ca- 1876]-  Democratic Party poster for the presidential campaign of 1876, picturing Samuel J-  Tilden for President and Tho[ma]s A- Hendricks for Vice-President, and listing the party platform adopted at the St- Louis, [Mo-] convention, with the slogan heading "Reform and Better Times-"  1 item- PM- See Oversize File-[ca- 1888]-  Metal token from the presidential campaign of 1888,picturing a profile of Benjamin Harrison on one side,  and on the reverse, the statement "Republican Candidate for President-" 1 item- Artifact-  (A3)

Dates

  • Creation: 1816-1888

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

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Extent

From the Collection: 77.00 Linear Feet

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