BROWNLOW'S KNOXVILLE WHIG, AND REBEL VENTILATOR. VOLUME I. NUMBER 22. KNOXVILLE, TENN., SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1864.
Knoxville: Wm. G. Brownlow, 1864. Folio, 4pp. 17-1/2" x 24." Each page printed in six columns, Union flag at top left corner of the first page. Disbound a little roughly, light spotting. Very Good.
AAS states that the issues published under this title are Vol. 1, Number 1 (November 11, 1863) and Number 2 [November 18, 1863], after which the Confederates shut the paper down. Publication resumed with the January 9, 1864 issue and continued to February 1866.
At the outset of the War, Brownlow was the editor of the Knoxville Whig, an unapologetically pro-Union newspaper. Brownlow's paper had the largest circulation in the State, and was extremely popular in Union-leaning East Tennessee.
Brownlow "had, he said, as strong a voice as any man in east Tennessee. When not in controversy he was a peaceful and charming man, but his fearless and ruthless honesty in expressing his opinions made him always a storm center...For ten years he served as an itinerant preacher, but his intense interest in public questions, and a natural gift of pungent speech soon led him into political as well as religious controversy" [DAB].
This issue prints articles on "Elevating the Negro" [he was pessimistic about the chances], General Grant in Camp, Call for Conventions to Elect Delegates to the National Union Convention, the Crittenden Compromise, Methodists, and advertisements. Item #41735
Price: $450.00