Daily National Intelligencer

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"Daily National Intelligencer"

Entry/Object ID

2014.288.1.1

Description

"Daily National Intelligencer," Vol. XXXVII, No. 11242, 7 March 1849. Folio published in Washington. Main article on the front page regarding the Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill. Discussion centers of California's statehood, self government, prohibition on slavery in California and New Mexico. Includes a copy of Thomas Jefferson's Western Plan with a vote on the anti-slavery clause by state representatives. Also includes advertisements and lottery prize amounts. In fair condition, tattered fold, edge tears, creases.

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Newspapers