more black talk. 1826; with some white talk

[Joel S. Berson]

At 7/9/2009 11:11 PM, George Thompson wrote:
>I am likely not to find any more such stuff from this source.  One
>partner in the American bought out the other, in the summer of 1826,
>and I fear that it was the departing partner who thought that
>detailed accounts of transactions in police court was news that was
>fit to print.

A pity -- the remaining partner missed out on the peak of the penny press.

Joel

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