James Cummins Bookseller

Hudson, N.Y: Nov. 20, 1804.

Price: $250.00

About the item

[8] pp. printed in three columns. 4to. Old fold lines. Minor soiling and toning. Very good. In a tan half morocco and cloth folder, spine gilt.

Item #247484

A single issue of this Upstate New York weekly newspaper, which began publication in 1801.  This issue contains the text of President Jefferson's Message to Congress of Nov. 8th.  In his speech, Jefferson discusses relations with foreign powers, including the Delaware and other Indian tribes the Louisiana Purchase; the United States Navy; and the federal budget.  Critical of Jefferson, Croswell would later be tried for libel and defended before the Supreme Court by Alexander Hamilton.  The publication of this weekly newspaper would continue through 1807.