Lot 289
[Lincoln, Abraham] 1844 Whig Convention Flyer. Printed. One page, quarto, Peoria, May 8, 1844. Addressed on verso to Hon. W.P. Walker of Lenox, Massachusetts, postmarked May 20. Manuscript postscript reads "Please inform us at your earliest opportunity of the probable number of delegates.from your county". Transmittal folds, paper loss where mailing wax was pulled away. Very good condition.
By 1844, Lincoln was a mover and shaker in Illinois politics and was a key speaker and committee chairman at the 1844 Peoria convention this flyer concerns. As a delegate, Lincoln would have received the same letter, as it was sent to the "fellow-laborer in the great cause in which we are engaged". Stressing the need for a large convention ("a meager attendance.would be disastrous in the extreme") the broadside also encourages delegates to bring "tents, cooking utensils, provisions &c" as it would be "impossible to furnish house accommodations." The convention was indeed a large one, with an estimated attendance of 5,000-8,000 -- quite a crowd for Peoria.
Estimated Value $75 - 100.
King Hostik, 1963.
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