THE ROUGH-HEWER, DEVOTED TO THE SUPPORT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES OF JEFFERSON.
Albany, N.Y. 1840. Two folio issues of this short-lived periodical: September 24 and October 15, 1840. Caption title, printed in three columns per page, each issue [8] pages. Untrimmed and uncut, widely margined, light fox and wear. A few tiny holes in the October issue, affecting a couple of letters. Good+.
This Democratic periodical supports the Jackson-Van Buren credit and banking program, and blasts the Whig William Henry Harrison. Its motto: "New-York must be redeemed." The Rough-Hewer warns of "The great money conspiracy between the British Whigs in England and America. The British Press and the British Fund Mongers [are] electioneering for Harrison."
AI 40-5891 [5]. Item #28849
Price: $100.00