Complete issue of The Newark Daily Advertiser from March 6, 1849, four pages, 16.25 x 22.5, with a front-page article containing full text of the inaugural address of President Zachary Taylor, who became the 12th president of the United States on Monday, March 5, 1849, marking the second instance of an inauguration being rescheduled due to March 4th falling on a Sunday. The start of the address: “The confidence and respect shown by my countrymen in calling me to be the Chief Magistrate of a Republic holding a high rank among the nations of the earth have inspired me with feelings of the most profound gratitude; but when I reflect that the acceptance of the office which their partiality has bestowed imposes the discharge of the most arduous duties and involves the weightiest obligations, I am conscious that the position which I have been called to fill, though sufficient to satisfy the loftiest ambition, is surrounded by fearful responsibilities. Happily, however, in the performance of my new duties I shall not be without able cooperation.” The newspaper’s second page contains further particulars of the ceremonies and proceedings from the inauguration. In very good to fine condition, with wear and small tears to edges, and partial separation to the fragile spine.
