Name/Title
True American NewsletterEntry/Object ID
2024.003.0001Description
Volume 1, Number 49, The True American newsletter of June 24, 1846, circulated throughout Lexington, Kentucky. Topics discussed included local crime (including kidnappings), foreign affairs, domestic criminal trials, agriculture, religion, finance, US military, Mexican American war, US economy, women's suffrage movement, poetry, and much more.
The True American was an independent, antislavery newspaper founded by Cassius Marcellus Clay in June 1845. He began printing the newspaper in Lexington, Kentucky, but after much backlash for its anti-slavery views, Clay was forced to move the paper to Cincinnati, Ohio.Dimensions
Height
2-3/4 inWidth
3-1/4 in
