Author: [New York] [Judaica] [Election of 1828] Noah, Mordecai Manuel, ed
Title: New-York Enquirer. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday Morning, November 4, 5, 6 1828. Vol. III. No. 104, [with] 105, [with ]106. [Three Consecutive Issues]
Description: New York, M.M. Noah, 1828. First edition. Self wrappers. Unpaged [4 pp. each]. Illus. with in-text b/w drawings and Masthead ornament: [Noah's] Ark flying American flag with dove circling overhead. 21 3/4 x 15 7/8 inches. Election coverage of Andrew Jackson's win. Mordecai Manuel Noah (1785-1851), journalist, diplomat, visionary, politician, was the first native-born Jew to achieve national prominence. He had taken an anti-Jackson position four years earlier, and then had gone off in 1825 to develop his idea of Jewish territorial restoration, helping to purchase land near Buffalo, on Grand Island in the Niagara River, as a Jewish colony which he called Ararat. The scheme was not a success. (Noah later took up the idea of locating a national home for Jews in Palestine). By 1827 he was back at the helm of the Tammany Hall machine, and both threw their support to Jackson in exchange for the promise of considerable spoils. He edited and owned the Enquirer from 1826 until 1829. Covering the last three days of the election, all three issues show strong support for the Jackson ticket, the first reminding people to vote, the second noting one day left for the vote and that Jackson is ahead, and the last reporting on his victory. Very good copies, Nov. 5 with large dampstain, Nov. 4 and 6 with small ones; light foxing. Removed from a bound volume.

Keywords: Newspapers & Periodicals, U. S. Presidents, , Americana, Judaica, Newspapers & Periodicals, U. S. Presidents, newspapers Andrew Jackson Election of 1828, Newspaper Judaica


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