The Carrier Boys of the Salem Register to Their Patrons, with the Compliments of the Season [January 1, 1877 and January 1, 1883]

Salem, MA: The Salem Register, 1877. Softcover. Very good. Two brochures, 1877 and 1883; 9 1/4 x 6 and 11 3/4 x 6 1/2; single leaves, folded, pp. [4], text to pp. 1 and 4 only; cream stock ruled with intricate boarders and printed in red and black, respectively; the 1877 copy with a few very minor nicks to fore-edge; in very good to near fine condition; the 1883 copy with several closed cuts to edges, an old horizontal crease, and a small chip to lower corner; in good to very good condition.Used as "Thank You" keepsakes, the brochures were given by carriers to their customers on the first day of each new year and contained a long-winded, cheerful poems, which presented the previous year's news in verse. The Salem Register (1800 - ca 1911) was a newspaper, published in Salem, Massachusetts. Established by William Carlton, its initial purpose was to advocate for the election of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency.