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Tammany Hall, New York City, 1886-1890. An electioneering organization affiliated with Tammany and the county Democrats. It owned a club house and much like a European "party of integration" it implicated itself in the social life of its members: conducting excursions and clambakes, and involving the wives and children of members in its activities".In an effort to counter the threat posed by the United Labor party in 1886 to its position in the prevailing balance of factional politics, Tammany extended throughout the city the type of organization that had proved so successful in the Annexed District. The History of American Electoral Behavior edited by Joel H. Silbey, Allan G. Bogue. 1978.. Eight (8) brightly colored tickets to the Democratic Republican General Committee, held at Tammany Hall, New York City. For 1886, 1888, 1889 and 1890. Each includes the Chairman and Secretaries. The reverse of the heavy stock cards is blank. Presumably the tickets were color coded…
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8 Tickets for the Democratic Republican General Committee
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The Declaration of Independence Portfolio, Compiled and Published by The Ladies' Patriotic Society Co.,
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Buffalo, NY: The Ladies' Patriotic Society Co.,, 1899. A 17 1/2" x 14 1/2" facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, about one-third in size; also a copy of Charles Carroll's manuscript additions in 1826, etc. Compiled and Published by The Ladies' Patriotic Society Co., Distributors of Patriotic Literature. The Society is desirous that every citizen, especially young person and boys and girls, should study thoroughly or commit to memory the Declaration of Independence. A fee of 10 cents is proposed. Found in original envelope. NO OCLC or other internet reference to the Society. 3/2017.
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A Unique Letter of a WWI German Soldier to an American Woman
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Elberfeld, Germany, 2-Feb-15. General wear.. An amazing letter from J. W. Schlosser to American Heiress, Emily Hockaday Blair Henrotin, in 1915 detailing and observations on the war, both as a soldier and a man on the home front. J. W. Schlosser was a young German man who was studying in England on the onset of the First World War. He returned to his home country and joined the Calvary, and was a part of the Cuirassier Regiment Number 7. (Note: Schlosser spells it Kuirassier in his letter) Schlosser was in the unique position of serving on both the Western Front (France) and Eastern Front (Russia) in the Fall of 1914, before being injured and returned home to Elberfeld to recuperate. This places Schlosser in the position to accurately report on the first year of WWI from all sides (both battle fronts and the home front) from the German perspective. In his letter, Schlosser exudes the optimism both sides had during the first year of the war, the belief that it would be a short, decisive war, and a…
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