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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07211 Author/Creator: Place Written: [Massachusetts] Type: Broadside Date: circa 1847 Pagination: 1 p. ; 60.4 x 42.5 cm. Order a Copy

Mexican War recruitment poster from Massachusetts defending the war and attacking Governor Briggs. Variety of articles supporting the Massachusetts volunteers and denouncing the governor's anti-war sentiments. Lower left corner missing.

Briggs, George Nixon, 1796-1861
Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879

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