William Findlay is shown on the left and Joseph Hiester on the right in these images from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Nineteenth century Yorkers took their politics very seriously, as you can see in the rather long ad that Frederick Hoke took out in February 1818 in the York Gazette. His candidate, William Findlay, narrowly defeated Joseph Hiester for Governor of Pennsylvania a few months before. Hiester supporters Joseph Blackford and Jacob Knisely evidently didn't pay up on their election bets, and boy, was Hoke ticked.
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