Broadside, 9" x 11-7/8." Printed in three columns, each separated by a rule, and signed in type at the end by a "Committee of Correspondence:" Wm. Bonham, Jahn C. Hayt, Oliver Rouse, J.B. Pratt, Henry B. Noyes, Thos. A. Johnson. Light margin foxing, Very Good. William Seward led New York's state ticket in the 1838 elections, and was successful in his race for Governor. According to Board of Inspection tallies, the Whigs of Painted Post "gave only twenty majority for our State Ticket," causing "much surprize among many, if not all, of our Whig friends." Pre-election canvassing had predicted "a much larger majority for our State Ticket." What went wrong? Whigs' post-election investigation indicated that a ballot box, which had been delivered to the Board of Inspectors, had not been counted. Before assessing blame, the Committee of Correspondence urges the Board to initiate an official investigation. The Committee admonishes, "No scrutiny can be too rigid" to determine whether the sacred rights of suffrage have been violated. Painted Post, a village in Steuben County NY, is in the town of Erwin, about five miles from the City of Corning. OCLC does not disclose a printer in Painted Post or Erwin during the 1830s. The broadside appears to be unrecorded. Not located in Sabin, American Imprints, or on OCLC or the online sites of Union College, AAS, NYHS, NYPL as of December 2023. Seller Inventory # 39463

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Title: LOOK AT THIS! COPY OF A LETTER SENT TO EACH ...

Publisher: [Corning NY?

Publication Date: 1838

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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