Inauguration of Jefferson Davis... Lincoln's progress to Washington...
Item # 703971
February 19, 1861
NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 19, 1861
* Jefferson Davis inauguration
* Confederate President
* Abraham Lincoln inauguration train
The front page has: "The Incoming Administration" "Progress of the President Elect Toward Washington" "The Trip From Buffalo to Albany" with the reporting taking close to half of the page with subheads: "Mr. Lincoln's Speech at Utica" "Reception and Speech at Albany" "Mr. Lincoln's Speech at Rochester" "The Mayor's Address - Mr. Lincoln's Reply" and even more carrying over to the back page. Excellent coverage on his journey from home to Washington, D.C.
But perhaps the best content is found on the back page, with: "Important From Montgomery" "Inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President of the Southern Confederacy" "His Inaugural Address" "Policy of the New Government Foreshadowed" with the report including the text of his inaugural address.
Also, page 4 has: "The Inaugural of President Davis" takes a full column and has nice coverage of the proceedings, with various editorial comments.
Eight pages, nice condition.
background: The February 19, 1861, edition of The New York Times serves as a chillingly precise "before and after" snapshot of American history, capturing the exact moment the Union officially split into two competing executive powers. On the front page, the reporting follows Abraham Lincoln’s deliberate, whistle-stop journey toward Washington, where his speeches in cities like Albany and Utica were carefully measured attempts to project stability and preserve a crumbling national identity. In stark contrast, the back page documents the Inauguration of Jefferson Davis in Montgomery, Alabama, providing the full text of an address that effectively codified the Southern Confederacy’s intent to function as a separate, sovereign nation. This juxtaposition—Lincoln the "President-elect" still traveling to claim his office while Davis was already being sworn into his—illustrates the transition from a political crisis to a formal state of rebellion, immortalizing on newsprint the final days of an undivided Republic.
* Jefferson Davis inauguration
* Confederate President
* Abraham Lincoln inauguration train
The front page has: "The Incoming Administration" "Progress of the President Elect Toward Washington" "The Trip From Buffalo to Albany" with the reporting taking close to half of the page with subheads: "Mr. Lincoln's Speech at Utica" "Reception and Speech at Albany" "Mr. Lincoln's Speech at Rochester" "The Mayor's Address - Mr. Lincoln's Reply" and even more carrying over to the back page. Excellent coverage on his journey from home to Washington, D.C.
But perhaps the best content is found on the back page, with: "Important From Montgomery" "Inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President of the Southern Confederacy" "His Inaugural Address" "Policy of the New Government Foreshadowed" with the report including the text of his inaugural address.
Also, page 4 has: "The Inaugural of President Davis" takes a full column and has nice coverage of the proceedings, with various editorial comments.
Eight pages, nice condition.
background: The February 19, 1861, edition of The New York Times serves as a chillingly precise "before and after" snapshot of American history, capturing the exact moment the Union officially split into two competing executive powers. On the front page, the reporting follows Abraham Lincoln’s deliberate, whistle-stop journey toward Washington, where his speeches in cities like Albany and Utica were carefully measured attempts to project stability and preserve a crumbling national identity. In stark contrast, the back page documents the Inauguration of Jefferson Davis in Montgomery, Alabama, providing the full text of an address that effectively codified the Southern Confederacy’s intent to function as a separate, sovereign nation. This juxtaposition—Lincoln the "President-elect" still traveling to claim his office while Davis was already being sworn into his—illustrates the transition from a political crisis to a formal state of rebellion, immortalizing on newsprint the final days of an undivided Republic.
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