Subject: Politics, Practical

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Letter from Squire Taliaferro to W.T. James Requesting Penitentiary Guard Position, Danville, Virginia, March 13, 1882 Letter from Squire Taliaferro to W.T. James Requesting Penitentiary Guard Position, Danville, Virginia, March 13, 1882

Letter dated March 13, 1882, from Squire Taliaferro of Danville, Virginia, to State Senator W.T. James in Richmond, Virginia. Taliaferro seeks the position of Penitentiary Guard. The second page includes a letter of recommendation highlighting Taliaferro's influence among Danville's Black community, signed by prominent Readjuster leaders including J.B. Raulston, E.W. Barksdale, John Blackwell, John A. Smith, R.L. Cohen, and Wm. H. Pleasants.

The Politician's Register: Being a Supplement for the Whig Almanac for 1844 The Politician's Register: Being a Supplement for the Whig Almanac for 1844

This pamphlet, a supplement to the *Whig Almanac* for 1844, provides election results, including the 1841 Florida territorial election where David Levy won by a significant margin (1954 votes to 1622). While the Florida results for the May 1844 election are not included, the pamphlet notes Levy's reelection by a large majority. Published in New York in 1844.