Jefferson's inaugural address...
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March 17, 1801
NEWBURYPORT HERALD & COUNTRY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, March 17, 1801 Page 2 contains Thomas Jefferson's first inaugural address, headed and beginning: "City of Washington, March 4 - PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. This Day at XII o'clock, Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, took the oath of office required by the Constitution in the Senate Chamber, in the presence of the Senate, the public officers, and a large concourse of citizens. Previous to which he delivered the filling ADDRESS: Friends & Fellow Citizens, Called upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country..." with his inaugural speech taking two columns & signed in script type: Thomas Jefferson.
Just previous to this report is Jefferson's address to the Senate upon leaving the President of that body to become the President of the United States, it signed in type: Th. Jefferson, followed by: "The Senate's Answer".
Of very curious interest is the paper upon which this issue was printed, being blue-green in color; quite unusual.
Four pages, minor margin wear and a small archival mend to an upper corner, nice condition.
background: The March 17, 1801, issue of the Newburyport Herald serves as a vivid artifact of the "Revolution of 1800," capturing the exact moment the American experiment proved it could survive a peaceful transfer of power between rival factions. The inclusion of Jefferson’s farewell to the Senate alongside his inaugural address highlights the rigid, respectful protocols of the era, while the use of "blue-green" paper provides a tactile connection to the material scarcities of the early Republic. Because paper was then manufactured from recycled rags rather than wood pulp, printers frequently resorted to tinted stock when white linen scraps were unavailable—a quirk that makes this specific edition as much a piece of industrial history as it is a political one. By printing the speech in full, even in a Federalist-leaning town like Newburyport, the paper underscored the weight of Jefferson's plea for national reconciliation, encapsulated in his signature line, "We are all republicans, we are all federalists," effectively documenting the birth of Jeffersonian democracy on the very page.
Just previous to this report is Jefferson's address to the Senate upon leaving the President of that body to become the President of the United States, it signed in type: Th. Jefferson, followed by: "The Senate's Answer".
Of very curious interest is the paper upon which this issue was printed, being blue-green in color; quite unusual.
Four pages, minor margin wear and a small archival mend to an upper corner, nice condition.
background: The March 17, 1801, issue of the Newburyport Herald serves as a vivid artifact of the "Revolution of 1800," capturing the exact moment the American experiment proved it could survive a peaceful transfer of power between rival factions. The inclusion of Jefferson’s farewell to the Senate alongside his inaugural address highlights the rigid, respectful protocols of the era, while the use of "blue-green" paper provides a tactile connection to the material scarcities of the early Republic. Because paper was then manufactured from recycled rags rather than wood pulp, printers frequently resorted to tinted stock when white linen scraps were unavailable—a quirk that makes this specific edition as much a piece of industrial history as it is a political one. By printing the speech in full, even in a Federalist-leaning town like Newburyport, the paper underscored the weight of Jefferson's plea for national reconciliation, encapsulated in his signature line, "We are all republicans, we are all federalists," effectively documenting the birth of Jeffersonian democracy on the very page.
Category: Pre-Civil War
