Horace Greeley's newspaper, before his famous 'Tribune'...

Item # 716170

April 27, 1839

THE NEW-YORKER, April 27, 1839 This was published by the famed Horace Greeley, begun some 7 years before his more famous 'New York Tribune' would publish its first issue. Although he would work at several newspapers prior to the 'New Yorker', this would be his first successful venture, eventually reaching a circulation of 9,000.
Long active in politics, Greeley served briefly as a congressman from New York, and was the unsuccessful candidate of the new Liberal Republican Party in the 1872 presidential election against incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant.
Inside has over 1 1/2 columns headed: "Illinois And the West".
Sixteen pages, 9 1/2 by 12 inches, minor foxing, generally good condition.