Speech Delivered by Thomas Jefferson President of the United States, at his Inauguration .
Chillicothe [Northwest Territory]: N[athaniel] Willis, [1801]. Broadside on silk (23 ¾ x 11 ½ inches, 602x293 mm). Text in two columns, within an ornamental border. Condition: A few minor thins toward the top and some very minor staining in the bottom margin, but overall in remarkable condition. broadside printing on silk of jefferson's first inaugural address, printed in the northwest territory. After a contentious campaign pitting Jefferson's Democratic-Republican party versus incumbent John Adam's Federalist party, the Jefferson/Aaron Burr ticket was elected with 73 electoral votes a piece. As this election preceded separate candidacies for President and Vice President, the tie vote led to a contingent election in the House of Representatives between the two. Adams's supporters refused to back Jefferson (who had been intended by the party for the Presidency) over Burr and it was not until the 36th ballot that several Federalist representatives turned in blank ballots to allow Jefferson to attain the majority vote. The election of 1800 resulted in the first peaceful transition of power from one political party to another in U.S. history - a significant event not overlooked in its time. Jefferson's inauguration on 4 March 1801 was the first to be held in Washington, D.C. and took place in the Capitol which was still under construction. In his speech, the complete text of which is printed on this broadside, Jefferson attempted to bridge the divide between the two political parties: “…But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists…” this broadside appears to be the first broadside on silk printed west of the alleghanies and is an exceptionally early ohio imprint. Other broadside versions of Jefferson's inaugural address were printed in 1801, including editions in Washington, Philadelphia, Hartford, Boston and Baltimore. But this is by far the most unusual and uncommon. The circumstances of it being printed by Willis, the official printer to the territorial government, are unknown, but a small printed dedication appears in the upper left corner, reading: “T. Worthington, to his friend Gen. W. Drake.” It is possible that Worthington privately commissioned this decorative printing to honor Drake. Not listed in Shaw & Shoemaker or AII, Ohio Imprints . Threads of History 34 (citing only the defective copy in the Smithsonian).
Speech Delivered by Thomas Jefferson President of the United States, at his Inauguration .
Chillicothe [Northwest Territory]: N[athaniel] Willis, [1801]. Broadside on silk (23 ¾ x 11 ½ inches, 602x293 mm). Text in two columns, within an ornamental border. Condition: A few minor thins toward the top and some very minor staining in the bottom margin, but overall in remarkable condition. broadside printing on silk of jefferson's first inaugural address, printed in the northwest territory. After a contentious campaign pitting Jefferson's Democratic-Republican party versus incumbent John Adam's Federalist party, the Jefferson/Aaron Burr ticket was elected with 73 electoral votes a piece. As this election preceded separate candidacies for President and Vice President, the tie vote led to a contingent election in the House of Representatives between the two. Adams's supporters refused to back Jefferson (who had been intended by the party for the Presidency) over Burr and it was not until the 36th ballot that several Federalist representatives turned in blank ballots to allow Jefferson to attain the majority vote. The election of 1800 resulted in the first peaceful transition of power from one political party to another in U.S. history - a significant event not overlooked in its time. Jefferson's inauguration on 4 March 1801 was the first to be held in Washington, D.C. and took place in the Capitol which was still under construction. In his speech, the complete text of which is printed on this broadside, Jefferson attempted to bridge the divide between the two political parties: “…But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists…” this broadside appears to be the first broadside on silk printed west of the alleghanies and is an exceptionally early ohio imprint. Other broadside versions of Jefferson's inaugural address were printed in 1801, including editions in Washington, Philadelphia, Hartford, Boston and Baltimore. But this is by far the most unusual and uncommon. The circumstances of it being printed by Willis, the official printer to the territorial government, are unknown, but a small printed dedication appears in the upper left corner, reading: “T. Worthington, to his friend Gen. W. Drake.” It is possible that Worthington privately commissioned this decorative printing to honor Drake. Not listed in Shaw & Shoemaker or AII, Ohio Imprints . Threads of History 34 (citing only the defective copy in the Smithsonian).
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