DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington D.C., May 4, 1849  Page 2 has over 1 1/12 columns taken up with: "Annexation of Texas" - Letter from Sam. Houston to A. J. Donelson" signed by him in type: Sam. Houston.
Page 3 has: "From New Mexico" as well as a report from Iowa noting: "...the district which should have included the Mormon county of Pottawatamie...The Hawk-Eye further states that duplicates of the Mormon votes in Pottawatamie county have been preserved...".
Also on page 3: "California" which includes a great letter from the gold fields.
Four pages, very nice condition.

Background: This May 4, 1849, issue of the Washington, D.C. Daily National Intelligencer stands out as a rare and historically significant primary source that captures three distinct, pivotal fronts of mid-19th-century American expansionism and political turmoil. Dominating page two is an unusually lengthy, column-and-a-half letter from Sam Houston to U.S. diplomat Andrew Jackson Donelson, offering a crucial firsthand defense and reflection on the high-stakes political maneuvering that secured the 1845 Annexation of Texas. Page three further heightens the issue's historical density by pairing early, post-Mexican-American War dispatches titled "From New Mexico"—documenting the chaotic transition of the newly acquired Southwest territory—with a rare election report from Iowa's Burlington Hawk-Eye. This Iowa report specifically detail the disenfranchisement and controversial duplicate vote preserves of the Latter-day Saints in Pottawattamie County (Kanesville/Council Bluffs) during their westward migration. Together, these detailed, highly specific reports on Texas diplomacy, Southwestern territorial integration, and early Mormon political friction make this particular printing an exceptional, highly collectible snapshot of Antebellum Manifest Destiny in action.