Tender of the Nomination for the Presidency to General McClellan, and His Letter of Acceptance

New York, 1864. Good. New York? 1864. Large quarto bifolium (30x23.5cm); text printed in double columns on first and fourth panels only. Stock rather chipped and worn with a few closed tears and small losses touching text without loss of meaning, faint soil and old horizontal fold. Good and sound overall.

Quite rare piece from the 1864 presidential election, including the letter from the Committee of the National Democratic Convention nominating George B. McClellan at their meeting in Chicago, followed by McClellan's letter of acceptance dated Orange, New Jersey, Sept. 8, 1864. The verso provides McClellan's Platform, written in the form of a letter addressed to President Abraham Lincoln.

George B. McClellan (1826-1885) was briefly Commanding General of the United States Army in the early years of the Civil War, from November, 1861, to March, 1862, though he was fully removed from command in November, 1862. His presidential campaign was largely unsuccessful in great part due to his bizarre platform of continuing the war and maintaining the Union but not abolishing slavery. "In prosecuting the war, all private property [i.e. enslaved persons] and unarmed persons should be strictly protected, subject only to the necessity of military operations."

No copies in the trade or auction records as of May, 2026, and just one example in OCLC, at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.