To the electors of the Western Congressional district. The Hon. Wilkins Updike, of South Kingstown, is now a candidate to represent you in the next Congress of the United States
[Providence? publisher not identified, 1847.]. Folio broadside (approx. 19" x 12¾"), text in quadruple column beneath the running head, signed in type at the end of the last column, "A Citizen of Narragansett." Some foxing and a sliver of browning at the top right corner; small hole in center affecting two words; all else very good. Endorses Wilkins Updike of South Kingstown for the U.S. Congress, and attacks his rival, J. W. Richmond. Updike was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1842. A Whig, he protected the agrarian interests in the southern part of the state. In another broadside Richmond claims Updike wrote this one himself. This broadside discusses some of his past political achievements. An opponent of Dorr and the Dorrites, he was not elected to Congress. Clements, Brown, and AAS in OCLC. DeSimone & Schofield 183 (adding R.I. Historical). Item #55315
Price: $375.00
