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Early issue of this famous sporting newspaper...
Early issue of this famous sporting newspaper...
Item # 698940
December 31, 1836
NEW YORK SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, Dec. 31, 1836
* Rare & early sporting publication
* Editor William T. Porter
This is an early issue of the famous sporting newspaper by William Porter, later to be known as "Porter's Spirit of the Times".
Porter and his brothers started the Spirit of the Times in 1831. They sought an upper-class readership, stating in one issue that the Spirit was "...designed to promote the views and interests of but an infinitesimal division of those classes of society composing the great mass...".
Editorial policies forbade any discussion of politics in the paper so as to avoid alienating any potential readers. By 1839 the Spirit was the most popular sporting journal in the United States.
This issue has a rather deep & illustrative masthead showing a horse race. Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, very nice condition.
Editorial policies forbade any discussion of politics in the paper so as to avoid alienating any potential readers. By 1839 the Spirit was the most popular sporting journal in the United States.
This issue has a rather deep & illustrative masthead showing a horse race. Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, very nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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