William R. King, Democratic Candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1852 old alaska map Commemorate the Services of Irish

Commemorate the Services of Irish American Valor Loyalty and Devotion 1891 — a chromolithograph in the post-war key of remembrance

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William R. King, Democratic Candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1852 old alaska map Commemorate the Services of IrishWilliam R. King, Democratic Candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1852. A campaign portrait of the Alabama senator yoked to Franklin Pierce on a ticket that bet the Union on compromise King would win the office and die before he could meaningfully hold it, his lithographed dignity outlasting his lungs. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives,