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Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Broadside Song, Jefferson, Freedom, and Glory!! United States: [no printer], c. 1801. Single folio sheet, text in two columns, the song itself in twenty numbered stanzas, the first line reading, "While glory leads my cheerful song," the imprint date suggested by content, likely published during Jefferson's first run for the Presidential office, text columns separated by a vertical line of sets of curly brackets; not in Shaw & Shoemaker; the only other copy located is held at the American Antiquarian Society, in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a conjugate broadside on left half of sheet, intended to be separated, still attached, entitled, Every man his own politician and Religious liberty, the present copy consists only of the Jefferson stanzas; browned, old folds, some loss, breaks in the paper, discolored, 10 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.
Estimate $2,000-2,500
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