[Rarebooks] F/S 1844 Political Newspaper The Mill Boy Texas Interest

[Garry R Austin]

We offer for your consideration the following two issues net to all and 
postpaid @$125 in the US
From
Austin's Antiquarian Books
PO Box 730
Wilmington VT 05363
802 464-8438
mail at austinsbooks.com

The Election of 1844 James K Polk vs Henry Clay

The Mill Boy. (Hamilton N.Y.) J. & D. Atwood, Printers, August 20, 1844 
#9. First & only edition, quarto, (Digest Newspaper); pp; (4); There is 
a triangular water-stain affecting the top left corner section  of the 
piece, else uncut and very good. This paper was published by the 
Hamilton Clay Club to promote Henry Clay's election to the Presidency. 
It is quite scarce with minimal holdings. This issue has a discussion of 
anti-slavery matters and the annexation of Texas. Anti-Polk diatribes.

The Mill Boy. (Hamilton N.Y.) J. & D. Atwood, Printers, Sept. 24, 1844 
#14. First & only edition, quarto, (Digest Newspaper); pp; (8); There is 
a triangular water-stain affecting the top left corner section of the 
piece, else uncut and very good. This paper was published by the 
Hamilton Clay Club to promote Henry Clay's election to the Presidency. 
It is quite scarce with minimal holdings. This issue has printed the 
ballot / ticket for Clay as the Whig candidate and Millard Fillmore as 
the gubernatorial standard bearer for New York. There is discussion of 
anti-slavery matters and the annexation of Texas. This is a double 
number of the paper. Anti-Polk diatribes.
-- 
Sent from Postbox 
<https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=siglink&utm_campaign=reach>