Disgraceful by Decency (1 results)

Broadside, 6-1/2" x 8-3/4." Trimmed unevenly at the top margin, generous margins. Light to moderate foxing. Good+. "DECENCY" signs in type at the end, with a printed place and date of "Bath, November 1, 1828." Bath is a little town in Steuben County, south central New York State. A broadside attack on Congressman John Magee, an anti-tariff, unprincipled, anti-Adams man. "If the three Counties which compose this District cannot produce a man better qualified to fill the office than John Magee, we would advise them, for their own credit, to send none." "Opposing the re-election of John Magee to the U.S. Congress" [AAS]. Magee was "elected to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1831)" [online site, Biographical Directory of U.S. Congress]. A rare political broadside OCLC 83994090 [1- AAS] as of September 2023. Not in American Imprints, Sabin, Eberstadt.