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Missouripolis the capital of Missouri...
Missouripolis the capital of Missouri...
Item # 610528
August 19, 1820
NILES WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Aug. 19, 1820 Inside has four pages concerning the: "Missouri Question--Speech of Mr. Darlington, of Penna." The back page has a brief yet interesting item on: "Missouri" which notes: "The constitution was adopted by the convention of the 17th...A place on the Missouri river, near the mouth of the Osage, is fixed upon as the permanent seat of government; at resent it is to be at St. Louis. It is proposed to call the new city Missouripolis." Actually Jefferson City would be the name of the city, and St. Charles actually served as the temporary capital until "Missouripolis" could be built.
Sixteen pages, 6 by 9 1/4 inches, various foxing throughout, two leaves are close-trimmed causing some shaving of letters but not to mentioned reports.
As noted in Wikipedia, this title: "...(was) one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States...Devoted primarily to politics...considered an important source for the history of the period."
Category: Pre-Civil War
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