On October 8, 1839, Abraham Lincoln was chosen presidential elector by the Whig State convention at Springfield
By: prepared by The Poor Richard Press, 5053 Montana Street, Chicago, Illinois ; Theodore S. Charrney
Contributors: Charrney, Theodore S., author
Published: 1939
Language: eng
Subjects: Abraham Lincoln's political career before 1861; Political career before 1861
Description: Folder mailed in envelope with cachet (illustration of Abraham Lincoln before the Whig State Convention) symbolic of the event. The envelope is stamped and franked in Springfield, Ill. Oct. 8, 1939.
Notes: "We're the original friends o' the nation All the rest air a paltry an' base fabrication.--Lowell" -- from cover.

Cover title. Folder, paper.