SUPPLEMENT TO THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, NO. I, JULY 23, 1831.

[New Haven, CT: Baldwin & Treadway], 1831. 4pp, folded. Caption title [as issued], printed in double columns, untrimmed. Old horizontal fold, light wear. Very Good.

On July 7, 1831, the firm of Baldwin & Treadway issued a proposal to publish "in the City of New-Haven, a weekly paper, to be entitled The National Republican, to be edited by Samuel Hazard." It included a statement of support for the presidential candidacy of Henry Clay. Its first issue appeared on July 23, 1831. This 'Supplement' begins, "At the starting of any new enterprize, particularly if it be a little hazardous, there are always plenty of croakers to groan and make faces at you, and to prophecy plenty of bad luck."
This opening issue prints "A Week in New Haven from Mr. Whittier, editor of the New-England Review," by John Greenleaf Whittier; an article on Kentucky's political climate; "Society Islands," discussing the fact that nearly all of the Society Islands are governed by women; the Richmond Enquirer's remarks on Henry Clay; "Anti-Tariff Convention," excerpted from the Philadelphia Gazette and Niles' Register; "Cure for Hydrophobia;" and "Case of the Ship Friendship" signed in type by James D. Gillis, Edward H, Neilson, Jeremiah Porter, Horace H. Jenks, Charles Prescott, John G. Butman, Michael Powers, and Charles M. Edicott.
Not in Mott or Lomazow. See OCLC 10687778 [6] [as of January 2016] for a record of the periodical. Item #32725

Price: $250.00

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