Item #BOOKS013434I "NEWPORT DAILY NEWS":; Our Country and Its Free Institutions Forever, Vol. II, No. 104, March 5, 1847. Newport / Jackson Rhode Island, publisher, Orin F.

"NEWPORT DAILY NEWS":; Our Country and Its Free Institutions Forever, Vol. II, No. 104, March 5, 1847.

Newport, RI: Orin F. Jackson, 1847. First Edition. Tabloid newspaper. 4pp; few woodcuts in text; slight discoloring with age. 14" x 11" Good. Item #BOOKS013434I

Complete issue. Notices, ads, and a serial story ("The Palatine: The Phantom-ship of Block Island") occupy page one. Page two contains a Supreme Court notice, news from the 29th Congress, news of US troops in Mexico, and a translation of a letter from Santa Anna. Pages three and four are devoted to notices and classified ads for goods and services, many of a medical nature.

Price: $20.00