[Lewis, Gleasson F., editor.]

Old Soldier's Advocate. A paper for the times [drop title]

[Cleveland: ca. 1859.]. Narrow folio broadside approx.14" x 5½", wood-engraved portrait of Zachary Taylor at the top, surrounded by patriotic flags and bunting; previous folds, very good. The newspaper ran from August 1859 to April, 1878. "While millions of acres of the Public Lands are being donated to Rail Road Companies annually, and hundreds of thousands of dollars squandered from the Treasury upon Ocean Telegraphs, Steam Navigation Companies and Utah Expeditions, the Soldiers and Patriots of the land, who periled their lives and fortunes in defense of the Country, are allowed to go comparatively unrequited, and their widows and orphans measurably unprovided for." As the Utah Expedition was 1857-58, we tend to believe the prospectus was published early in the history of this paper--and prior to the Civil War. The editor claims a subscription list of 5000 "and very rapidly increasing." Not found in OCLC. Item #53962

Price: $275.00