1828 · Pittsburgh, [PA]
by [Jackson, Andrew] Snowden, William
Pittsburgh, [PA], 1828. Very good, extremities worn, seal torn, affecting a few words, light soiling and dampstaining, contents clean otherwise.. [3] pp. Bifolium. with integral address. 7.5 x 12 inches. A wonderful and lengthy political letter from William Snowden, Jackson supporter and son of Pittsburgh Mayor John Maugridge Snowden, to Gen. Duff Green in Washington, owner and editor of the United States Telegraph, a pro-Jackson paper. Snowden discusses the political climate in Pittsburgh and the great success of the Hickory Clubs, the pro-Jackson political organization that would change the course of American electoral campaigns. Contrary to his initial (truncated)