At a meeting of the Federalists holden at New-Haven, October 1816 resolved, that in pursuance of the nomination of the Federalists assembled at Hartford in May last:--His Excellency John Cotton Smith, be proposed as a candidate for the office of governor, and His Honor Jonathan Ingersoll, for the office of lieutenant governor (s.n, 1816)
"Signed per order, James Hillhouse, chairman. - Followed by an address "To the freemen of Connecticut. - Shaw & Shoemaker, 37569. - Text printed in three columns