1835 · Newport
by Peckham, F. B.
Newport: Wednesday morning, February 11, 1835. Bifolium (approx. 21½" x 15½"), text in 6 columns; previous folds in quarters; lightly toned, right margin trimmed close with minor loss (sense remains clear) else generally very good. Includes a biography of Roger Williams, ads for Bruce's New-York Type Foundry and W. Callahan's Circulating Library; an account of the Anti-Masonic State Convention, reports from the 23rd Congress, 2nd Session, a murder confession, and a long, apparently fictional account of The Widow Griffin's Courtship - the widow Griffin having buried 5 husbands before she was 40. (Inventory #: 58620)