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title: For President Henry Clay, for Vice President Theodore Frelinghuysen (Whig badge), 1844
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/clay-frelinghuysen-whaites-badge-1844/
description: 'Engraved Whig campaign badge: two oval portraits, Clay above and Frelinghuysen below, each in a floral wreath, with eagles above and the offices and…'
section: Collection
---

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[![For President Henry Clay, for Vice President Theodore Frelinghuysen (Whig badge), 1844](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/clay-frelinghuysen-whaites-badge-1844.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/clay-frelinghuysen-whaites-badge-1844.jpg)

# For President Henry Clay, for Vice President Theodore Frelinghuysen (Whig badge), 1844

Engraved Whig campaign badge: two oval portraits, Clay above and Frelinghuysen below, each in a floral wreath, with eagles above and the offices and names on curved banners. Tell: the eagles and wreaths set the candidates inside national symbols (transfer). The only text is the names, offices and seller's line.

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
FOR PRESIDENT HENRY CLAY
FOR VICE PRESIDENT THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN
Sold by E.P. Whaites, [illegible] Cortland St. N.Y.
```

The street number in the faint imprint is illegible.

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