7x12". Patriotic motif at top featuring an eagle and waving American flag w/ a liberty cap on top. On the state ticket, Charles Francis Adams was the Democratic candidate for Governor, w/ William R. Plunkett as the nominee for Lt. Governor. Adams was the son of John Quincy Adams and the grandson of John Adams. Prior to his 1876 bid for the MA governorship, he was one of the founders of the Free Soil Party and the 1848 nominee for Vice President alongside Martin Van Buren. He also served in Congress and was the U.S. Envoy to the United Kingdom during the Civil War and Reconstruction Era. He played an important part in preventing the UK from recognizing the legitimacy of the Confederacy. Ballot has scattered areas of loss, most notably along the right edge in the center, as well as the upper left corner. Otherwise moderate edge wear and handling. VG.