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The Whig almanac and United States register for 1845.

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Date Issued:
1845
Summary:
Contains: Population statistics from the Census of 1840 (including slaves and free population by race, disabled persons, employment by occupation, veterans receiving a military pension, illiteracy), revenue and expenditures (for year ending Sept. 30, 1844); Astronomical calculations for the year 1845; "Were the Whigs beaten by fraud?" (about the Democrat James Polk who defeated Henry Clay in the 1844 presidential elections, partly because of illegal ballots cast in New York City); Government of the United Sates (includes salaries); Tariff of duties; Henry Clay's speech on the subject of the Whig Party; Election returns from every state in the Union. "Calculations by David Young, philom."--Page [1]. On cover: "The Whig Party", an extract from a letter signed by Henry Clay and dated Ashland, Sept. 13, 1842. In engraved and printed blue wrapper, signed at foot of title: Childs sc. Back wrapper contains publisher's advertisements.
Title: The Whig almanac and United States register for 1845.
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Name(s): Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Young, David, 1781-1852
Childs, Benjamin F., 1814-1863, engraver
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Almanac
Date Issued: 1845
Publisher: Greeley & McElrath
Place of Publication: New York
Physical Form: online resource
Extent: 64 p. ; 18 cm
Language(s): English
Summary: Contains: Population statistics from the Census of 1840 (including slaves and free population by race, disabled persons, employment by occupation, veterans receiving a military pension, illiteracy), revenue and expenditures (for year ending Sept. 30, 1844); Astronomical calculations for the year 1845; "Were the Whigs beaten by fraud?" (about the Democrat James Polk who defeated Henry Clay in the 1844 presidential elections, partly because of illegal ballots cast in New York City); Government of the United Sates (includes salaries); Tariff of duties; Henry Clay's speech on the subject of the Whig Party; Election returns from every state in the Union. "Calculations by David Young, philom."--Page [1]. On cover: "The Whig Party", an extract from a letter signed by Henry Clay and dated Ashland, Sept. 13, 1842. In engraved and printed blue wrapper, signed at foot of title: Childs sc. Back wrapper contains publisher's advertisements.
Identifier: fawab2f10_1845 (IID)
Note(s): Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Almanacs B2F10
Subject(s): Whig Party (U.S.)
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1844
Almanacs, American -- New York (State)
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fawab2f10_1845
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Use and Reproduction: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Host Institution: FAU
Has Part: Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Almanacs B2F10

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