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Lincoln on Clay... A slave ship... The Mormons...



Item # 713862

September 07, 1860

NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Sept. 7, 1869  Page 2 has: "Mr. Lincoln's Eulogy on Henry Clay" which is an excerpt of his talk. Page 3 has: "Capture of a Slaver" which was the Spanish ship: "...Joven Antonia...fitted out for a slave voyage...had been on the coast & actually purchased a cargo of slaves...".
Pages 6 and 7 have nearly a full column report headed: "From Utah" dated at Great Salt Lake City. It begins: "The Mormons having concluded that peace has been again restored to Zion, and that nothing is likely to disturb...their labors in their adornment of their 'inheritances', are now prosecuting with renewed energy..." and much more.

Item from Catalog 355 (released for June, 2025)

Category: Pre-Civil War