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Circular. Campaign Argus, 1856. The presidential election of 1856 will be one of the most important struggles ever known in the United States. ... In order to do what we can to meet the exigencies of the contest, we propose to publish a Campaign Argus, to be devoted chiefly to political articles, and to be sold at so low a rate as to place it within the reach of every voter. The first number will be issued the second week of July and will continue until the presidential election in November. ..
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Circular. Campaign Argus, 1856. [electronic resource] : The presidential election of 1856 will be one of the most important struggles ever known in the United States. ... In order to do what we can to meet the exigencies of the contest, we propose to publish a Campaign Argus, to be devoted chiefly to political articles, and to be sold at so low a rate as to place it within the reach of every voter. The first number will be issued the second week of July and will continue until the presidential election in November. ...
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[Portland, Me. : Published by John Appleton & Co., 1856]
Physical Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 13+ x 20 cm.
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Notes
Prospectus for a weekly Democratic campaign newspaper.
Presumably issued by John Appleton & Co., publisher of the Eastern Argus, Portland, Me., in 1856.
Includes "Terms" and blank space for subscribers' names.
Text in three columns; printed area measures 11.1 x 17.8 cm.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2005. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (American broadsides and ephemera. First series ; no. 9540).
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Eastern Argus.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 16, 2008
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Campaign literature - 1856 - Democratic - Maine - Portland.
Broadsides.
Prospectuses.
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