Jamaica journal & reporter: manuscript newspapers, 1846-1847.

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Jamaica journal & reporter: manuscript newspapers, 1846-1847.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/611174987

Although these manuscripts are unsigned, their style, art work, tone, humor and handwriting, suggest that they may be written by Abraham Leech. The two issues of the "Jamaica Journal & Reporter" are dated November 25, 1846 and November 1847. They discuss the Mexican-American war and United States politics during that period through articles and hand-drawn cartoons. The newspapers specifically talk about the war, Colonel Santa Anna, the US and Mexican governments, Wall Street financier Jacob Barker, Reverend Colonel James Hazard Perry, and events happening in Jamaica.

2 items, 32 cm, 4 pages each.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 7792586

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Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794?-1876

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Epithet: President of Mexico British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000203 Commander in chief of Mexican Army and President of Mexico during war with United States (1846-1848). Letter thanks Don Juan Valdivia for providing lumber and use of his estate for defense against possible Spanish invasion (1829). From the description of Antonio Loṕez de Santa Anna letter, 1829. (University of the Pacific)...

Barker, Jacob, 1779-1871

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New York legislator and banker. From the description of Jacob Barker correspondence, 1823. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450119 Jacob Barker was a New York financier who was instrumental in securing a loan of $5,000,000 for the United States to finance the War of 1812. He removed to New Orleans in 1834, became prominent in financial circles, was admitted to the bar, and practiced with success in insurance cases. In the 1840s Barker collaborated with Rowland G. Hazard to s...

Perry, James H., 1811-1862

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Leech, Abraham

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Abraham Leech (1815-1886) lived in Jamaica, New York. He is widely known as Walt Whitman's friend and earliest correspondent. He was a book keeper in Jamaica and member of the Presbyterian Church. From the description of Jamaica journal & reporter: manuscript newspapers, 1846-1847. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 611174987 ...