‎NILES, H. (HEZEKIAH). (EDT.). - NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER.‎
‎The Weekly Register: containing Political, Historical, geographical, Scientific, Astronomical, Statistical and Biographical Documents, Essays and Facts together with Notices of the Arts and Manufactures, and a record of the Events of the Times. From ...‎

‎Baltimore, The Franklin Press, (1811-12). Royal8vo. Bound in one contemp. full sprinckled calf. Titlelabel in leather with gilt lettering. Spine ends repaired. Slightly rubbed. (4- Titlepage a. Index),480 pp. (With all 26 issues). Light browning and some scattered brownspots.‎

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‎First edition of the first volume of Niles' Weekly Register. Niles edited and published the Weekly Register until 1836, making it into one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States and himself into one of the most influential journalists of his day. Devoted primarily to politics, Niles' Weekly Register is considered an important source for the history of the period.‎