Unknown Facts and considerations for the democracy of the Empire State.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.194 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1852 Pagination: 1 v. : 16 p. : ill. : b&w ; 22.4 x 14.4 cm. Order a Copy
Pamphlet promoting James Langdon Curtis as the Democratic candidate for Governor of New York. Contains a print of Curtis between pages eight and nine. Contains extracts from various newspapers discussing Curtis's potential candidacy. Published in 1852.
Curtis was educated Connecticut, after which he engaged in business in New York City. As colonel of the 9th regiment, he did good service in putting down the flour riots in 1835. He was nominated by the Labor party for Governor of Connecticut in 1884, and in 1888 became the candidate of the National American party for president.
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