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Monroe's annual address... Jefferson on the University of Virginia...



Item # 667538

December 11, 1824

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Dec. 11, 1824 

* President James Madison
* State of the Union Address
* Thomas Jefferson
* University of Virginia


The front page has a chart of the electoral college count for President & Vice President, at least for those states known.
A lengthy letter headed "University of Virginia" is signed: Thomas Jefferson, with his thoughts as rector of the college. This is followed by yet another letter signed in type: Th. Jefferson, to the governor of Virginia, concerning the University.
Further on is the very lengthy "Message", being the annual state-of-the-union address of President James Madison, signed by him. This address takes 6 1/2 pages.
Sixteen pages, 6 1/4 by 89 1/2 inches, nice condition.

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."

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Category: Pre-Civil War