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PUBLIC MEETING. A general MEETING of the friends of HARRISON & REFORM . . .
   
Complete Explanation:
An illustrated broadside announcing a "general meeting of the friends of Harrison & Reform" in Alton (Illinois) on May 9, 1840. Harrison, in farmer's clothes and broad-brimmed hat, stands next to a plough. Behind him is a barrel of hard cider, a log cabin, and another log building or shed. Overhead an eagle flies a streamer bearing the slogan "William Henry Harrison. The Farmer of North Bend".

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