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Deaths & funerals of Jefferson and Adams...
Deaths & funerals of Jefferson and Adams...
Item # 667229
July 29, 1826
NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, July 29, 1826
* John Adams & Thomas Jefferson
* Presidents deaths and funerals
The front page has some editorial comment concerning the recent deaths of both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on the 50th anniversary of the 4th of July, taking over half of the page. Additional items are on the inside pages headed: "Adams and Jefferson" and "Honor To The Illustrious Dead!" with various reports on the funeral ceremonies. This coverage takes over two pages. There is also an item on the: "Jefferson Lottery" including a letter from Monticello dated Feb. 8 & signed in type: Th. Jefferson, concerning the lottery and his property.
Sixteen pages, 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches, two leaves have close-trimmed margins shaving some letters but not to any of the pages with 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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