Sir, At a time when our country is threatened with eminent danger from abroad; when foreign influence and party spirit is exciting opposition to the laws in a neighboring state. We, the corresponding committee of the different wards of the city of Schenectady, think it our duty to address you on the subject of the approaching election, and to solicit your suffrage and influence for the re-election of Joseph Shurtleff, Esq. who represented this city in the Assembly last session. ... The ticket which will be supported by us, is the same as recommended by the general committee of Albany, viz, for senators. Moses Vail, of Rensselaer

Sir, At a time when our country is threatened with eminent danger from abroad; when foreign influence and party spirit is exciting opposition to the laws in a neighboring state. We, the corresponding committee of the different wards of the city of Schenectady, think it our duty to address you on the subject of the approaching election, and to solicit your suffrage and influence for the re-election of Joseph Shurtleff, Esq. who represented this city in the Assembly last session. ... The ticket which will be supported by us, is the same as recommended by the general committee of Albany, viz, for senators. Moses Vail, of Rensselaer.

Other author/creator	Martin, Charles.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	[Schenectady, N.Y.] : [publisher not identified], [1799]
Description	1 sheet (1 unnumbered page ; 34 x 22 cm
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)	Shurtleff, Joseph, 1746-1814. Van Rensselaer, Jeremiah, 1769-1827. New York (State). Legislature. Assembly--Elections. Elections--New York (State) New York (State)--Politics and government --1775-1865. Schenectady (N.Y.)--Politics and government.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49494. ^A478749
General note	Campaign circular with the Federal Party ticket of senators and assemblymen for Albany, Schenectady, and vicinity in the state election of 1799. "As for Mr. Van Rensselaer, the young man, whom the Anti-Federal party of this place have bro't forward, in opposition to Mr. Shurtleff, we know no claim he has to the important office of a legislator, but what might arise from his name and connections."
General note	Signed: Charles Martin [and nine others] committee of the first and second wards. Andries Van Patten [and eleven others] committee of the third ward. John Sanders [and five others] committee of the fourth ward.
General note	Printed area measures 25.5 x 13.8 cm.
General note	Not in Evans or Bristol.
Reproduction note	Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49494).
Genre/form	Campaign literature 1799 Federal New York (State)
Genre/form	Broadsides.

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