UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, CITY OF CHICAGO, SS. by [Forrest, Joseph K.C.]: : David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC : Specializing in the social, political, and cultural history of the Americas.

[Forrest, Joseph K.C.]:

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, CITY OF CHICAGO, SS.

Chicago Democrat, Chicago: 1858 Folio broadside, 10.5" x 18". Printed using several different typsettings, completed in manuscript. Woodcut illustration of a variation of the United States Seal with an eagle holding a banner in its mouth bearing the words, "E Pluribus Unum." Signed in ink, "Jos. K.C. Forrest." Pink paper seal of the Chicago Recorder's Court attached to lower left corner. Lightly tanned, Very Good. Born around 1832 in Germany, Louis August Feuss emigrated from Bremen to Cleveland in 1851. According to a Final Statement issued by the 17th Regiment of Infantry, Feuss had enlisted with the regiment on December 16, 1868 to serve for three years but was found dead of unknown causes on a street of Galveston, Texas, on February 8, 1869. Joseph Forrest [1820-1896], born in Ireland, came to America in 1840 and settled in Chicago. He became a journalist and edited several newspapers during his lifetime including the Journal, Gem of the Prairie, the Chicago Democrat, the Inter-Ocean, and others. In 1847 he founded the Chicago Tribune with James Kelly and John E. Wheeler. He sold his interest in the Tribune a short time later and then spent several years as an assistant editor at the Chicago Democrat. While working at the Democrat, Forrest was elected Clerk of the Recorder's Court, defeating Philip A. Hoyne; later he was elected City Clerk. During the Civil War, he was appointed to the staff of Governor Yates with the rank of colonel and served as inspector of the Illinois troops. In his later years, he was a frequent contributor to the Daily News under the pen names of "An Old Timer" and "Now or Never." ["Death of Joseph K.C. Forrest," CHICAGO TRIBUNE, JUNE 24, 1896;THE INLAND AND AMERICAN PRINTER AND LITHOGRAPHER, VOL. 17.]

Book Id: 28431

Price: $350.00

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