NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, EXTRA
Washington: Tuesday, December 2, 1817. Broadside newspaper extra, 52 x 34 cm., printed in five columns. "This day, at 12 o'clock, the President of the United States transmitted...." Apparently the first printing of Pres. James Monroe's first State of the Union address, done on the day he submitted it to Congress. Old fold lines, a bit of spotting, some shallow chipping along left margin, not affecting text. No copies located of this edition, and no other separate printings found.
Pres. Monroe discusses foreign and domestic affairs, including the "expedition... set on foot against East Florida, by persons claiming to act under the authority of some of the colonies, who took possession of Amelia Island... the island being made a channel for the illicit introduction of slaves from Africa into the United States...." [By the end of the month, Monroe would send both a small naval force and an army detachment to take possession of the island.] He also mentions the land cessions by Native tribes in the Northwest, including parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan; also cessions by the Cherokee in the southern state of Georgia, with arrangements for more territory to be ceded in North Carolina and Tennessee, and in Alabama Territory. Item #68171
Price: $2,500.00