Address of the Carriers of the New York Herald, to Their Patrons. January 1st, 1846

[New York]: Herald Book and Job Office, 1845. Broadside, 24.75 x 19.25 inches, printed in three columns, with elaborate decorative border. Old folds, a couple of marginal chips, offsetting around border (or possibly light mat burn). Overall very good. A New Year's address to the readers of the New York Herald reviewing the events of 1845 in enthusiastic verse, additionally notable for an extraordinarily elaborate decorative border composed primarily of printer's ornaments. The address itself runs through the highlights of 1845's local, national, and international events, among them the annexation of Texas, acquisition of the Oregon territory, the Great Fire of New York, the election of Polk, and the Irish Potato Famine. Texas is mentioned again in a passage about Mexico, oddly presaging the Mexican-American War, which would begin a few months later: "On our own southern continent, See Mexico, how torn and rent, -- A field where rival soldiers fight, And civil wars advancement blight. Texas, swept from her powerless sway, Next California sold away; Proclaim she has no inward might To rule her own, and rule it right." The elaborate border is one of the most complex we have ever seen; the top center includes a small portrait of George Washington along with the bald eagle from the Great Seal and a dove holding an olive branch, all within a waving flag. OCLC records just one institutional holding, at the New York Historical Society Library..