OHIO STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - POLITICAL CORRESPONDENCE - 1888

Description

OHIO STATE DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
POLITICAL CORRESPONDENCE.
SEPTEMBER 1888.
TYPE OF SCRIPOPHILY, EXONUMIA, NOTAPHILY꞉
Democratic political party correspondence to rally the recipient to vote the Democratic ticket and to persuade others to do likewise.
ORGANIZATION NAME꞉
Ohio State Democratic Executive Committee.
ADDRESS꞉
60 East Broad Street.
CITY, COUNTY & STATE꞉
Columbus (Franklin) Ohio.
FORM PRINTED BY꞉ Unknown.
DATE ON FORM & YEARS OLD꞉
September 1888.   134-years old.
TYPE OF DOCUMENT꞉
Political correspondence.
GENERAL COLOR(S)꞉
Off-white paper (from age) with black inks.
MEASUREMENTS꞉
8½” x 11”.
EMBOSSING꞉
None.
TAXATION/REVENUE/OTHER STAMPS꞉
None.
WATERMARKS ON PAPER꞉
Yes; however, the watermark isn't clear.
FOLDS꞉
Appears to be two vertical (up and down) and one horizontal (left to right).
CORNERS꞉
Good condition.
HOLES, TEARS, DAMAGE꞉
Slight [fold] tear at the top, right vertical fold.  Some crinkling / crumpling along the top of the page.  A pin-hole where the left vertical fold intersects with the center horizontal fold.
ADDITIONAL NOTES꞉
A rather impressive find given it is well over a century old and in fairly good condition!  Definitely suitable for framing.
ABOUT THE ITEM AND THE OHIO STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE꞉
In September 1880 (8-years earlier) the Democratic State Executive Committee of Ohio was located in Rooms Nos. 5 and 9 of the Opera House Block, Columbus Ohio.  The Chairman was J. F. McKinney (Columbus) and the Vice Chairman was W. T. Bishop (Cincinnati).
In September 1888 the organization's name had become the Ohio State Democratic Executive Committee and was located at 60 East Broad Street, Columbus.  The Chairman was Jame B. Townsend (Columbus & Lima) and the Vice Chairman was W. S. Thomas (Springfield).
The nature of this piece of correspondence was to encourage the recipient to become a "special agent for this Committee in your loyalty" and "bend every effort to get at least one Republican to vote our ticket" (i.e. Democratic).  The letter, as it was written, makes absolutely no mention of women; only "men" and "man."  It would be 32-years into the future before the 19th amendment would grant women the right to vote on August 18, 1920 (although even then, many women of color remained disenfranchised due to many state laws, poll taxes and literacy tests).
In 1888, the 22th President of The United States was Grover Cleveland of the National Democratic Party.  At the time, The Ohio State Democratic Executive Committee was rallying the public to vote the Democratic ticket - - locally and nationally.  Did it work?  The 23rd President of The United States would be Benjamin Harrison - of the Republic Party.
The building that stood at 60 E. Broad Street in 1888 was long ago leveled and a new building (a bank with four floors above it) was built on the parcel in 1918.  The 1918 building remains today (adjacent to a Columbus Dispatch facility) and is owned by a “public policy” religious organization.
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