THE NATIONAL ADVOCATE, New York, Nov. 25, 1820  The prime feature of this issue is its variety of illustrations. A page 2 article provides a reflection on the anniversary of Evacuation Day, the day in 1783 when the British troops fled New York City. This holiday overshadowed even Thanksgiving for more than a century. Other news of the day with period advertising is found throughout.

The collectible attractiveness of this issue is amplified by its publisher, Naphtali Phillips, a prominent Jewish-American journalist of the early Republic who famously pulled the very first printed copy of Washington's Farewell Address off the press in 1796. His elite standing in early American Jewish leadership was cemented by his marriage to Rachel Seixas, daughter of Moses Seixas—the famed leader of Newport’s Touro Synagogue whose historic 1790 letter to George Washington prompted the President's immortal declaration that the U.S. government "gives to bigotry no sanction." Phillips, who also served fourteen terms as president of New York's historic Congregation Shearith Israel, utilized The National Advocate as a powerful political voice, making this issue a superb artifact connecting major global news with foundational American heritage.
Four pages, loose at the spine, in overall good condition.