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Unknown [List of Pennsylvania electors supporting Henry Clay for president]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04119.03 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Printed document Date: circa 26 October 1824 Pagination: 1 p. ; docket : 14.5 x 6.5 cm. Order a Copy

Sent to Erasmus J. Pierce with a circular letter (see GLC04119.01) extolling Clay and urging Pierce to submit the list of electors at the polls in the 1824 presidential election.

Pierce was a Philadelphia umbrella manufacturer.

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

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