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On the Missouri Compromise... Maine & Missouri join the Union...
On the Missouri Compromise... Maine & Missouri join the Union...
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March 11, 1820
NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, from Baltimore, Maryland, dated March 11 1820
* On the Missouri Compromise
* Maine & Missouri become states of the Union
This small size newspaper began in 1811 and was a prime source for national political news of the first half of the19th century.
The top of the ftpg. has an article which begins: "The bills for the admission of Maine and Missouri into the union have been respectively signed by the president the the United States and become laws. The latter without restriction as to slavery..." (see).
Also on the ftpg. is an article headed: "The Slave Question" which was a major issue of the time and would not be resolved before the Civil War over 40 years later. This article carries over to take all of pg. 2 & most of pg. 3.
Among other reports in this issue are:
* "Legislature of Delaware"
* "Banks--and National Currency" which is very lengthy
* Various reports from Congress including a note signed in type: James Monroe
This issue is complete in 16 pages, measures about 6 1/2 by 10 inches. Scattered foxing, generally nice.
As noted in Wikipedia: "Niles edited and published the Weekly Register until 1836, making it into one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States and himself into one of the most influential journalists of his day. Devoted primarily to politics, Niles' Weekly Register is considered an important source for the history of the period."
Category: Pre-Civil War
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