1861 Civil War Newspaper Boston Journal LINCOLN Inaugural Tour JEFFERSON DAVIS For Sale

1861 CIVIL WAR NEWSPAPER – BOSTON JOURNAL (FEB 18, 1861)

Lincoln Inaugural Tour, Jefferson Davis Speech, Secession Crisis & Early Advertising Ephemera

Up for sale is an original, complete 4-page issue of the Boston Journal (Morning Edition) dated Monday, February 18, 1861. Published less than two months before the firing on Fort Sumter, this historic paper captures the United States on the explicit brink of the Civil War.

1. ABRAHAM LINCOLN – "Mr. Lincoln's Progress" (Page 2, Col. 1):Detailed dispatches following President-elect Lincoln on his train tour from Illinois toward Washington, D.C., for his upcoming inauguration, noting enthusiastic crowds, public sentiment, and growing security precautions.

2. JEFFERSON DAVIS – "The Southern Congress" (Page 2, Col. 5):Telegraph dispatches from Montgomery, Alabama (dated Feb. 16, 1861) reporting Jefferson Davis's arrival and address to the Confederate Congress, declaring that "the time for compromise has passed" as he prepares to take office as Provisional President of the Confederacy.

3. PEACE CONGRESS & DRED SCOTT DEBATES (Page 3, Telegraphic News):National telegraphic coverage reporting from Washington on the Peace Conference's last-ditch efforts to avert war. Includes specific dispatches analyzing constitutional proposals concerning the legal principles of the 1857 Dred Scott decision, popular sovereignty, and territorial slavery rights.

4. THE REBELLION & SECESSION CRISIS (Page 2):Front-line reports from Charleston Harbor detailing South Carolina's military buildup targeting Fort Sumter, state naval seizures, and early troop movements across seceding Southern states.

5. LOCAL BOSTON INTEREST & PERIOD ADVERTISING:Includes shipping notices for the Port of Boston, local trade reports, Supreme Judicial Court notices, foreign steamship dispatches from Europe, and extensive mid-19th-century commercial advertising.

• Original mid-19th-century newsprint paper.

• Maintained in a folded position.

• Shows light age-toning, edge wear, chipping along top and fold margins, and typical vertical/horizontal folding creases consistent with age.

• Text remains overall clear and fully legible throughout.

• Please examine all high-resolution photos carefully for exact condition details prior to offerding.