1840 WHIG REPUBLICAN PARTY LETTERS MASSACHUSETTS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN For Sale

We are offering three letters, addressed to Thomas P. Beal, Esq. of Kingston, Massachusetts.All three letters have to do with the 1840 Presidential election campaign, and all are inviting Thomas Beal to address the citizens of their towns to enlist their support for the Whig Party in the election. The first letter dated October 5, 1840, from H.E.O. Colby of New Bedford, MA -states\"that the Whigs in this town [New Bedford] are very anxious to hear a speech from you before the election.......They will not take \'no\' for an answer......We would like it some evening next week if possible...... The second letterdated October 12, 1840, from C.P. Watermann of the Executive Committee of the Whig Republican Association of Sandwich, MA -invites him\"to address the citizens of Sandwich upon the all absorbing subject which now claims the attention of the whole country from east to west - north & south\".[Obviously referring to the Presidential election]. The last letter dated October 17, 1840, from Richard L. Pease, Secretary, Edgartown Whig Association,Edgartown, Martha\'s Vineyard -invites Bealto address the citizens of Edgartown on the subject of national politics. Watermann writes \"we want to have a majority of 200 at any time before the ensuing election, and to do this we must have help from abroad. We turn to you knowing your influence will very materially assist us\". William Henry Harrison was the Whig Party nominee, who won the presidency over Democratic Party nominee, Martin Van Buran. Massachusetts voted for the Whig candidate (Harrison) by a margin of 16.16%.