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Before they were famous: Franklin Pierce, Jefferson Davis...
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Before they were famous: Franklin Pierce, Jefferson Davis...

Item # 691598 ·

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D. C., Feb. 24, 1847  Under the category 'before they were famous' would be a brief & inconspicuous report on the back page.
Headed: "Appointments by the President" is found: "Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, to her Colonel of Infantry." Just a month later he would be promoted to Brig. General, and in March, 1853 he would be inaugurated as President of the United States.
Page 3 has Mexican War content with: "The State of the Mexican Question in Congress" taking half a column. And then: "From the Rio Grande" mentioning in part: "...General Taylor was at Monterey with the first regiment of Mississippi volunteers, under Colonel Davis..." being Jefferson Davis.
Four pages, very nice condition.

Item from our most recent catalog - #371 - released for October, 2026

Category: Pre-Civil War
Price
$40
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.