Author: Blair, Francis Preston
Title: Republican Documents. Gen. Jackson and James Buchanan. Letter from Francis P. Blair. To the Public
Description: [Silver Spring, Md.], 1856. First edition. Self wrappers. 15 pp. Double col. 8vo. Signed and dated in print: Silver Spring, August 15, 1856 (earlier than the other letter with a similar title: "Republican Documents. Letter from Francis P. Blair. To my neighbors." Blair, instrumental in forming the new Republican Party and influential in securing the nomination of John C. Fremont, here wages a vicious attack on Buchanan and his allies for using a relative of Andrew Jackson to attack him. Not in Sabin, Dumond, LCP. OCLC 7458101. Disbound, dampstain along top corner, institutional blind stamp and rubber stamp on first page, lower forecorner of last leaf with a small chip. A good copy.

Keywords: , Americana, Political Literature, Americana, 19th c., Antebellum, Campaign literature., Jackson, Andrew, Buchanan, James, Republican, Pamphlet


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