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Crisis in the South...



Item # 561801

December 12, 1860

THE NEW YORK HERALD, from New York, dated December 12, 1860.

* Southern crisis
* Secession options
* Abraham Lincoln as president elect

This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of pre Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's president elect era before his inauguration.

Among the one column headlines on the tensions building in the South prior to the Civil War are:

* THE SOUTHERN CRISIS
* The Cotton States
to Secede on the Third of March

and more. Loads of interesting reading

Complete in eight pages. This issue is not fragile as newsprint from this era was made of cotton and linen rags, allowing them to remain very pliable and easy to handle. Little margin wear and tear, otherwise in good condition.

Category: Yankee