Circular of Edward M. Paxson, John P. Sanderson, and John W. Killinger to Henry E.
Dummer, [16 December 1847]1
GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO SUBSCRIBERS!
The unexampled success which has so far attended the News Establishment, encourages
the proprietors to
spare no exertions to make the Daily News a paper which shall be second to none of
its contemporaries in
Philadelphia. They will make it their especial aim to impart a dignified and high moral tone to
the
paper, and to exclude from its columns everything of an indelicate or offensive nature.
They have the
most ample resources, in every respect, to enable them to give to its readers the
latest and most
accurate local, foreign, and domestic intelligence, and also full and reliable accounts
of Markets and
Commercial News generally.
The Daily News will continue to advocate
Whig principles, as originally expounded by the Fathers of the Constitution, and adopted
by the
accredited organs and champions of the Whig cause at the present day. It will urge
the holding of a Whig
National Convention, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency,
and will battle with all the ability, zeal and energy it can command, to secure the
triumphant election
of the nominees of that Convention.
Terms:—To mail subscribers, single copies will be furnished at Four Dollars per annum.
Twelve or more copies, ordered at the same time, and addressed to the same Post-office,
will be sent at
the rate of three dollars per copy.
THE TRI-WEEKLY NEWS
Will be issued from the same office, from and after the first of January next, on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays of each week, and will contain the same matter
as the Daily,
including the news of the day on which it is issued.
The regular subscription price will be three dollars for a single copy per
annum.
Four or more copies ordered at the same time and addressed to the same Post-office,
will be furnished at
the rate of two dollars and fifty cents a
copy.
Ten or more copies, ordered at the same time, and addressed to the same Post-office,
at the rate of
two dollars a copy.
THE DOLLAR WEEKLY NEWS,
Published at the same office, on every Saturday morning, is a cheap Family Paper,
devoted
to Politics, News, Literature, the Arts and Sciences, the interests of Trade and Business,
and contains
full and accurate accounts of the Markets. It will be furnished to subscribers at
the following low
terms:–One copy, $1; six copies, $5; thirteen copies, $10; twenty copies, $15; Twenty-seven
copies, $20; thirty-four copies, $25; forty-two copies, $30; fifty copies, $35; seventy-five
copies,
$50; one hundred and fifty copies, $100.
DIE WOCHENTLICHEN NEUIGKEITEN.
A Weekly German Newspaper, devoted to the advocacy of sound Whig principles, and to
the dissemination of
local, foreign and domestic intelligence, will be published from and after the first
of March next. The
great necessity for the publication of such a paper upon the Atlantic sea-board, will
at once be
recognized, and the publishers have therefore determined upon establishing a paper
which will be worthy
the confidence and support of their German fellow citizens.
Our political opponents have established several German Daily and Weekly Newspapers
in the cities of New
York and Philadelphia, through which incalculable injury has been done our principles
and cause. To
counteract these effects will be our constant purpose. We aim to make a vigorous and
racy campaign
paper, and being on the eve of an important Presidential contest, we think it can be circulated to great
advantage among our German fellow citizens—Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and the several other
Western States and Territories—which large numbers of Germans have settled, and are
still
settling for permanent residence. Such a paper is the more necessary, from the fact
that the Whigs have
no German paper in the Atlantic cities, and Germans who do not read English, are compelled
to look to
opposition papers for the news of the day.
The subscription price for a single copy will be One Dollar and Fifty Cents per annum.
Four copies, ordered at the same time, and addressed to the same Post-office, will
be furnished for Five
Dollars per annum. Ten copies and more, ordered at the same time, and addressed to the same Post-office,
at the rate of One Dollar a copy per annum.
In no case will the Daily, Tri-weekly, or Weekly News, or Die Wochentlichen Neuigkeiten,
be forwarded,
unless payment be made in advance; and no paper will be sent after the expiration
of the time, unless
the subscription is renewed.
Money remitted through the mail, will be at the risk of the publishers. Notes of all
specie paying
Banks, in any part of the Union, will be received in pay.
PAXSON, SANDERSON & KILLINGER.| Subscribers' Names. | Post Office. | Daily. | Tri-Weekly. | Weekly. | German Weekly.2 |
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News Buildings, N. E.[Northeast] corner
of Third & Chestnut Sts.[Streets]Philadelphia, 184ToSir:—
Knowing you to be an active Whig, we take the liberty of
sending you our Prospectuses, and shall feel ourselves under great obligations to
you, if you will
interest yourself in securing us a list of names in your neighbourhood. The cause
in which we are
engaged demands our best exertions, and we know of no method better calculated to
advance it, than cheap
and vigorous papers. If at any time we can reciprocate your favor, we shall cheerfully
do so.
Yours, respectfully,EDWARD M. PAXSON,JOHN P. SANDERSON,JOHN W. KILLINGER.<Page 3>
WASHINGTON DCDEC[December] 16Free. A Lincoln M C.[Member of Congress]Henry E Dummer Esq[Esquire]BeardstownIllinoise
1As a member of Congress, Abraham Lincoln franked this printed circular by writing “Free” and signing his
name on the third page, which was folded to create an envelope for mailing. An unknown
person addressed the circular to Henry E. Dummer.
Printed Document Signed with a Representation, 3 page(s), Lincoln Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (Springfield, IL).