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Detailed report on the in-coming "Lincoln Regime"...



Item # 704497

January 15, 1861

NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 15, 1861  

* Abraham Lincoln about to change America
* Rise of Southern tensions w/ secession talks


The front page has a nice stack of column heads on the coming Civil War including: "THE REVOLUTION" "Arrival of Messengers from South Carolina & Fort Sumter at Washington" "The Fort Not to be Reinforced" "The Sale of Arms to Secessionists Declared Treasonable" "The Crisis Regarded as a Divine Judgment" and more.
Page 5 has most of a column taken up with: "The Lincoln Regime--News From the Republican Mecca" which is datelined Springfield, Illinois. This is followed by another report from Springfield.
Eight pages, light foxing near folds, good condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War