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FRANCESTOWN. She Welcomes the Friends of OLD TIP.
   
Complete Explanation:
A Whig campaign badge, produced for the Francestown, New Hampshire, rally of October 1840. It includes a bust portrait of William Henry Harrison, with the words "She [Francestown] Welcomes the Friends of Old Tip." Below is an eagle in flight, holding a staff with American flag and liberty cap, and trailing a banner reading "Harrison and Tyler." Below the eagle are a log cabin and the Capitol building in Washington.

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