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Unknown to Erasmus J. Pierce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04119.01 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Printed letter Date: 26 October 1824 Pagination: 1 p. ; address ; docket : 18.8 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Circular letter extolling presidential candidate Clay and requesting submitting the enclosed ticket of Pennsylvania electors in support of him (see GLC04119.03) at the polls.

Pierce was a Philadelphia umbrella manufacturer.

Pierce, Erasmus J., 1780-1852
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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