To the citizens of the county of Philadelphia Friends and fellow citizens, In common with the citizens of the state, you have been addressed by the committee, appointed to promote the election of James Ross - Dallas, Alexander James (s.n, 1799)
Evans, 36422. - Evans, 38644. - Signed: Franklin. Most likely written by Alexander James Dallas, who supported Thomas M'Kean and used the pseudonym Franklin in his Letters of Franklin, Philadelphia, 1795 (Evans 29256). Cf. Gaines, P.W. William Cobbett and the United States, p. 23 and Walters, R. Alexander James Dallas, 1943, p. 89. - Supporting Thomas M'Kean in the 1799 Pennsylvania gubernatorial contest. - Text in two columns