The Whig Almanac and United States Register

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"The Whig Almanac and United States Register"

Entry/Object ID

2013.627.1.1

Description

"The Whig Almanac and United States Register," published by Greeley and McElrath, New York, 1852. The item has astronomical calculations; lists of government officals and members of Congress; a letter by Horace Greeley about why he was a Whig; U.S. laws for 1851; American population; federal foreign policy; events in Europe in 1851; railroads in the United States; election returns, including popular vote totals for the presidential elections of 1848, 1844 and 1840; and a short article on page 32 titled "California in 1851." With soiled, rubbed and partly detached wrappers and edge toned and lightly foxed pages, the condition is fair overall.

Lexicon

Search Terms

Cattle--Marking--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Cattle brands--Los Angeles County (Calif.)

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Almanacs