Liberty and Union Broadside, October 31, 1864

Somerset Messenger advertisement for a November 2, 1864 talk by prominent New Jersey Democrat Benjamin Williamson. This event was presented by the Bridgewater Club, one of many social clubs in the state that flourished as a space for political conversation. The advertisement also features an eagle holding a banner for ”McClellan & Pendleton,” in reference to the Democratic presidential candidates George B. McClellan and George H. Pendleton. Williamson and Pendleton were well known Copperheads, members of the Democratic party who opposed the American Civil War. You can read more about Civil War politics in New Jersey here.

Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives - New Jersey Broadside Collection

10/31/1864

Tara Maharjan

Somerset Messenger advertisement for a talk by Benjamin Williamson, November 2, 1864