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Description:
Publications Included:
The Daily Globe (Washington, D.C.) – Friday Night, May 31, 1844 (New Series, Vol. 1, No. 138; Whole No. 4,036)
The Daily Globe (Washington, D.C.) – Tuesday Night, July 9, 1844 (New Series, Vol. 1, No. 170; Whole No. 4,068)
Editors & Printers: Francis P. Blair (Editor); Francis P. Blair & John C. Rives (Proprietors and Publishers). Features the famous masthead motto: "The World Is Governed Too Much."
Notable Period Content & Articles:
Political Coverage & Speeches: Presidential campaign era commentary, Congressional proceedings, speeches (including coverage concerning Henry Clay, President Tyler, and Texas annexation debates), and party politics leading up to the historic 1844 election.
Early Industrial Technology: Front-page prominent advertisement/announcement for an "Improved Patent Metal Cylinder Cotton Gin", detailing mechanics, wood vs. iron construction, and performance.
Education & Academia: Front-page notice for the University of Virginia (listing schools of Ancient Languages, Modern Languages, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Anatomy & Surgery, and Law), plus notices for Columbian College.
Legal & Government Notices: U.S. General Land Office notices, State of Maryland Court orders (St. Mary's County), and legal claims agencies by Amos Kendall & John E. Kendall.
Period Commerce: Detailed advertisements for dry goods, silks (chameleon poult de soie, balzarines, bareges), booksellers (Webster’s Large Dictionary), sheet music, and farm sales.
Condition:
100% authentic original 1844 printings on durable rag-linen paper.
Complete 4-page broadsheets.
Intact and fully readable throughout with expected age patina, handling wear, horizontal/vertical folding, and faint edge fraying/chipping.
May 31st issue has a period handwritten subscriber name ("D. V. Ramsay") in the top margin and minor isolated foxing spots on page 1/2.
Shipping & Protection: Shipped flat and sandwiched between rigid corrugated boards to prevent creasing or postal damage.
