WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON CAMPAIGN LETTER
Good political content A.L.S., 8pp. 4to., White Post, Va., Sep. 30, 1840. "F. Fauntleroy" writes his brother in Indiana, in part: "...After Gen. Harrison's return from Congress in 1819...[he wrote] 'I am accused of being friendly to slavery...I have been the ardent friend of human liberty'...". The writer then goes into a very detailed, extensive study of Harrison's pronouncements and writings on the issue of slavery and abolition, and following the convention results, notes: "Well, the agony is over, & Henry Clay is laid on the shelf...." He extensively quotes the press reports on the demise of slavery, and ends his letter blasting candidate Harrison: "...the duplicity; wanton dissimulation; profiglacy of principles of government, imbecility & corruption...England had her Cromwell, America her Arnold, & Virginia her Harrison..." Much more highly detailed content. Mouse nibbles on last page affect a few letters of text, else very good.