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Adams addresses Congress concerning troubles with France...
Adams addresses Congress concerning troubles with France...
Item # 705328
March 19, 1798
GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES & PHILADELPHIA DAILY ADVERTISER, March 19, 1798
* 18th century American original
The capital of the United States was in Philadelphia at this time while the District of Columbia was under construction.
The entire front page is taken up with advertisements including 9 illustrated ship ads. Page 3 has a lengthy message to Congress concerning the growing troubles with France, signed in type by the President: John Adams. Also a dispatch from Italy: "Buonaparte To His Army".
Four pages, wide never-trimmed margins, nice condition.
background: In 1798, the Gazette of the United States & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser stood as one of the most influential and politically charged newspapers in early American history. Edited initially by Federalist supporter John Fenno—and later by his son, John Ward Fenno, after Fenno's death from yellow fever that September—the paper served as a mouthpiece for Federalist ideals, staunchly backing the administrations of George Washington and John Adams. Its close ties to figures like Alexander Hamilton, who covertly funded it and contributed essays, gave the Gazette a semi-official status, often blurring the line between journalism and government propaganda. The newspaper featured a mix of political essays, domestic and foreign news, literary pieces, and official government documents, typically with a strong partisan slant. Its fierce rivalry with Democratic-Republican publications like Philip Freneau’s National Gazette and Benjamin Franklin Bache’s Philadelphia Aurora reflected the polarized media landscape of the time. In 1798, amid rising tensions over the Alien and Sedition Acts and fears of French subversion, the Gazette took a leading role in defending the Adams administration and attacking its Republican critics, solidifying its position as a central force in the development of America's partisan press.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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