Beschreibung:

Printed broadside, 23.25 x 33 in., stating, SPECIAL ELECTION!/ SHALL THE SOLDIER VOTE?/ Those who stay at home must determine this question for the brave men in the field./ Show your appreciation of their services by adopting the First Amendment to the Constitution, which gives to the Soldier the right to Vote as well as to Fight. Produced for an election held on August 2, 1864, in Philadelphia. Signed in print by James Freeborn, President of the National Union Executive Committee. Printed by King & Baird, Philadelphia, PA. Provenance: Property of N. Flayderman & Co. Condition: Folds in broadside, few areas of creasing. Some separation, few tears or chips along some folds, including separation along vertical fold in area near text "Constitution, which gives to the." Few holes. Light staining where framed, with several repairs at cracks and one area of link lettering.