[Monroe, James]:

$2,500 · Offered by William Reese Company

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.... The second newspaper printing of one of the most important foreign policy statements of the United States government. In this message to Congress, Monroe asserts that the Americas cannot be the subject of colonization by European powers, and that any European intervention in the Americas will be considered a "manifestation of an unfriendly disposition towards the United States." Monroe delivered the Doctrine in his State of the Union message on December 2, 1823, and it was first printed as a NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER "Extra" the same day. We are aware of only a handful of copies of that important broadside printing in private and institutional collections. Monroe's message was reprinted in the December 3 issue of the NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, and then again in this December 4 issue. The printing of the President's message on December 3rd appears on the second and third pages of the newspaper. This December 4 printing of Monroe's message appears on page 4 of the issue and is suitable for broadside display.

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