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Franklin Pierce State of the Union Address...
Franklin Pierce State of the Union Address...
Item # 209716
December 13, 1853
LONG ISLAND DEMOCRAT, Jamaica, N.Y., December 13, 1853. The Presidents Message to Congress takes all of the front page and much of page 2, signed in type: Franklin Pierce. Mentions, among other issues and topics, the expedition to Japan by Commodore Perry. Other news of the day includes various court proceedings and the Jamaica Lyceum. Many advertisements as well. First leaf has an archival mend to a tear in the upper margin, small piece missing in the left margin of the second leaf, otherwise in nice condition. 4 pages.
Category: Pre-Civil War