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Republican Herald
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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George Riston of Philadelphia received a fraudulent letter from Baltimore requesting 500 Whig supporters for the mayoral election. Democrats seized it; signed by Deputy Constable Jeffers, who denied authorship, but handwriting was verified as his by Philadelphia's High Constable Blaney and Baltimore gentlemen.
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George Riston Esq. whig, of Philadelphia received a letter from Baltimore prior to the election in the latter city for Mayor, &c. requesting 500 men to be sent on to assist the whigs. By stratagem, the democrats obtained possession of the letter. It was signed by a Deputy High Constable of Baltimore, a whig. He denied having written the letter. But the hand writing has been identified as his by High Constable Blaney, of Philadelphia, who compared it with other letters from Jeffers, in Court, and by several gentlemen of Baltimore.
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Baltimore And Philadelphia
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Prior To The Election In Baltimore For Mayor
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George Riston received a letter requesting 500 men to assist Whigs in Baltimore's mayoral election. Democrats obtained it by stratagem. Signed by Deputy High Constable Jeffers, a Whig, who denied writing it, but handwriting identified as his by Blaney and Baltimore gentlemen.