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William Henry Harrison

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William Henry Harrison

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Auction Date:2012 Aug 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Signed book: The Token and Atlantic Souvenir. Boston: Charles Bowen, 1830. Softcover, 4.5 x 7.25, 360 pages. Signed and inscribed on the title page, “Miss Margaretta Wilson from the friend of her father, W. H. Harrison of North Bend, Ohio, Steubenville, 11th July 1838.” Carefully cut from the vignette atop the first page of an issue of the Log Cabin newspaper published in 1840 by Margaretta’s father James Wilson and her eldest brother Robert, a 2 x 1.5 log cabin has been affixed to the title page, covering the words “Christmas and New Year’s Present.” Book condition: P/None. Red embossed leather-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilted textblock edges (gilt faded); heavy wear and rubbing to covers; textblock almost entirely detached from covers and spine, held on by two stitches at rear; first few gatherings detached; 1” chip from spinehead; discoloration, soiling and foxing throughout, heaviest at feps and first/last few pages. Housed in an E. H. Busdiecker custom-made plastic slipcase with removable spine cover.

In 1840 James Wilson, who would later become grandfather of President Woodrow Wilson, decided to combine his two passions in life: politics and newspaper. Not only did he have extensive experience in political affairs, having served as Ohio State Legislature representative and Associate Judge of the Common Pleas Court of Jefferson County, but he also had thirty years of experience working for different news publications. Anxious to see a Whig candidate whom he had supported for years in the White House, Wilson joined his son Robert in the production of a weekly pro-Harrison newspaper, the ‘Log Cabin,’ published by Horace Greeley. Harrison, the first president to actively campaign for office, touting his military victory with the campaign slogan ‘Tippecanoe and Tyler too,’ became the ‘log cabin and hard cider candidate,’ a man of the common people: he relied on publications like Wilson’s to help build the support that ultimately led to his winning the election. This exceedingly rare signed book, inscribed to James Wilson’s 18-year-old daughter before Harrison’s nomination as Whig presidential candidate, is a lovely token of gratitude for the early support of an enthusiastic political commentator.
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