The Independent Democrat (1845-46)

(WETMORE, Robert C., and George G. Fogg, editors)

Verlag: Robert C. Wetmore, Manchester [and] Concord, New Hampshire, 1845

Beschreibung

Bound volume. Large folio (16¾" x 23¾"). Contains a complete run of the first 52 weekly issues (four pages each): Vol. 1, Nos. 1-52 (May 1, 1845 - April 30, 1846). Contemporary quarter leather and marbled paper boards. Bound in two (inverted) sections: beginning with issues 29-52; followed by issues 1-28. The boards are neatly encased with brown tape. The first leaf of the first issue (No. 29) is foxed and has a 3" tear at the foredge, moderate old dampstain at upper right corner, very good overall. Launched on May 1, 1845 at Manchester by the publisher and editor, Robert Wetmore and George Fogg, *The Independent Democrat* was removed to Concord, where it continued to be one of New Hampshire's most important and influential newspapers under the editorship of Fogg. An antislavery, liberal weekly, the newspaper opposed the annexation of Texas into the United States, and supported John Parker Hale of Dover, the nation's first independent antislavery U.S. Senator. George Fogg, the Gilmanton lawyer who moved to Concord to edit the newspaper, eventually became National Secretary of Lincoln's presidential campaign. Included in this run are several articles on the issue of slavery in the United States and the West Indies, the annexation of Texas, and incorporation of other territories into the United States as it relates to the expansion of slavery; together with articles on New Hampshire politics, as well as literary contributions, including the John Greenleaf Whittier poem *The Ship Builders*. Scarce. *OCLC* locates nine holdings. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 547952

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Independent Democrat (1845-46)

Verlag: Robert C. Wetmore, Manchester [and] Concord, New Hampshire

Erscheinungsdatum: 1845

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good