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Election fraud in 1840... 1st "October Surprise"?
Election fraud in 1840... 1st "October Surprise"?
Item # 705363
October 23, 1840
THE GLOBE, New Bedford, Massachusetts, Oct. 23, 1840
* Election fraud proclaimed
* William Henry Harrison vs. Martin Van Buren
* First October surprise?
Page 3 has a 1.5 column article on voter fraud which includes in part: "They resorted to every means in their power to increase their vote. They’ve made a regular business of going from one Township to another and voting some of them as often as five times, and as many different places. Men are imported and carried like cattle from one place to another. They are allowed to vote over and over again, under change names and personal disguises.". This has been identified by some as the very first "October Surprise".
Other news of the day and period advertising is found throughout.
Complete in 4 pages, in good condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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