1851 · Portland, Maine
by FOSTER, J.B., editor
Portland, Maine: Foster & Co., Proprietors, 1851. [NEWSPAPER]. March 7, 1851. Folio (25 1/2” x 19 1/2”); [4 pp]; creased edges, some damp stains, previous owner name on top of first page, folded horizontally and vertically at center, ragged tear in center of paper with loss; good minus. Contents include information about the Fugitive Slave Law, World’s Fair, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Indian Appropriation bill, H.W. Longfellow. Single issue contains the Senate’s petition to repeal the Fugitive Slave Law, mention of the upcoming World’s Fair, an article praising Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, a discussion of the Indian Appropriation bill, a poem (truncated)