Autumn 2020 Catalogue

18 American Heroes & Leaders Autumn 2020 “Freemen Of The United States! Read, Mark, Weigh, Resolve, And Vote!” 15. LINCOLN, Abraham. The Platforms. No place, after August 29, 1864. Broadside printed in double columns, measuring 8 by 10-1/4 inches; p. 1. $3500. Click for more info First broadside side-by-side publication of the Democratic and Republican platforms for 1864 election year (Lincoln v. McClellan), clearly referencing slavery as the cause of the Civil War. Shortly following the Democratic Convention in Chicago, the Union Party (i.e. the Republican Party, temporarily renamed) circulated this clearly pro- Republican analysis of differences between the two platforms—the main difference being that “the Union Platform regards Slavery as the inciting, guilty cause of the Rebellion—the Democratic is silent in terms as to Slavery.” Headed “Baltimore” and “Chicago,” the site of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, the broadside sets the party platforms against each other in double-column format. Faint browning along folds, tiny chip to top corner, two small tape repairs to verso. Near-fine condition.