EXTRA GLOBE, Washington, D.C., Oct. 8, 1832

• President Andrew Jackson presidential campaign

This was a short-lived campaign newspaper that existed to promote the re-election of Andrew Jackson for the presidency. It existed only form May 10, 1832 thru Feb. 28, 1833.
In the 19th century campaign newspapers were the primary--and in some cases only--means of promoting the platform and attributes of a candidate for President.
Four pages, good condition.

Background: Published in Washington, D.C., by Blair & Rives between May 10, 1832, and February 28, 1833, the Extra Globe serves as a rare primary artifact from the dawn of mass partisan print media in American politics. As a dedicated, short-lived campaign organ established specifically to promote Andrew Jackson’s 1832 presidential re-election, this transient weekly paper contains crucial contemporary political content detailing the fierce debates over the Bank War—following Jackson's pivotal July 1832 veto of the Second Bank of the United States—alongside sharp editorial defenses regarding tariffs, internal improvements, and the nascent Nullification Crisis. Because partisan campaign sheets were printed in limited quantities for temporary political persuasion and usually discarded after polling, surviving complete four-page issues from crucial pre-election dates like October 8, 1832, are exceptionally scarce, providing collectors and historians with an uncommonly intact window into Jacksonian democracy at its peak.