Author: No Author Given
Title: Grand Rally in Behalf of the Producing Interests! Call for a National Convention. (Caption Title)
Description: No Place, No publisher. Pamphlet. No publisher, place or date. Presumed circa 1868 based on dates in text. Pamphlet. 16 pp. A pamphlet apparently endorsing Lorenzo Sherwood as a candidate for president of the United States, while also arguing against the corporate interests that controlled the various railways in the United States. Lorenzo Sherwood served in the New York State Legislature in the early 1840s, as part of a radical democrat faction, relocating to Galveston, Texas in 1846. There he advocated for clients against large railroad owners, and helped to establish a state plan for railroad development in the 1850s. He also opposed slavery, and his views on the federal government's legislation on the matter saw him forced out of office, as well as being the recipient of death threats. (See Texas State Historical Association website for previous biographical information). GOOD condition. GOOD condition, slightly ex-library, with small stamp at the upper right corner. Large faint dampstain affecting the center of pamphlet, on all pages. Some creasing and minor chipping/tearing along the extremities, especially to the lower corner. Pages unopened along the top edge. Good .

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