Letter, 1840
date: label: associated date
content: 1840 06 27
name: label: associated person
content: Harrison, William
notes: label: Description
content: The Whig campaign of 1840 against incumbent President Martin Van Buren established a pattern of predetermined imagery, from which later campaigns have seldom deviated. The Whigs adopted the symbols of the log cabin and hard cider to promote the candidacy of General William Henry Harrison. An outpouring of objects with designs of log cabins, such as log cabin letterhead from 1840, soon followed.
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ralph E. Becker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1840.S01
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1840.S01
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: letter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: manuscript (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 8 in; 25.4 cm x 20.32 cm