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Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. 16 pp. 8vo. In support of Martin Van Buren. Van Ness (1782-1852) was Governor of Vermont. Sabin 98525. Gilman: Bibliography of Vermont p. 291. A very good copy with scattered foxing, some leaves unopened (uncut), top edge trimmed at a slant.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Paperback. 16pp. Heavily foxed throughout, else an about very good example. A campaign speech defending Martin Van Buren's presidency and urging his reelection in the 1840 presidential contest. Van Ness attacks the Whigs as heirs of the aristocratic Hamiltonian political tradition and argues for the Democratic principles and policies of the Van Buren administration. Delivered before the Vermont Democratic Convention at Woodstock and published at the request of the state committee, the pamphlet documents the intense partisan campaigning surrounding the 1840 election and the Democrats' effort to retain their position in increasingly Whig Vermont. Sabin 98525.…

Paperback. 8vo. Self-cover. 7pp. Very good. Lacks cover title page, on which appears this pamphlet's expanded title: "A Letter to the Public, upon Political Parties, Caucuses and Conventions, and the next Presidential Election." Despite flaw, this is a clean, attractive copy of this Vermont governor's essay touting Zachary Taylor for president. First edition. SABIN 98526 note.…