To the citizens of the county of Philadelphia. Friends and fellow citizens, In common with the citizens of the state, you have been addressed by the committee, appointed to promote the election of James Ross. ...

People / Organizations

• Alexander James Dallas (Author)

Imprint

[Philadelphia: s.n, 1799]

Publication year

1799

ESTC No.

W27443

Grub Street ID

337543

Description

1 sheet ; ⁰⁰

Note

Supporting Thomas M'Kean in the 1799 Pennsylvania gubernatorial contest.

Signed: Franklin. Most likely written by Alexander James Dallas, who supported Thomas M'Kean and used the pseudonym Franklin in his Letters of Franklin, Philadelphia, 1795 (Evans 29256). Cf. Gaines, P.W. William Cobbett and the United States, p. 23 and Walters, R. Alexander James Dallas, 1943, p. 89.

Text in two columns.

Uncontrolled note

READEX NOTE: Filmed as Evans 36422 only