Olive Branch, Boston, Saturday, April 15, 1848; Christianity, Mutual Rights, Polite Literature, General Intelligence, Agriculture, the Arts.

Boston, MA: Thomas F. Norris, Boston Olive Branch, 1848. 46 x 60 cm. Boston Olive Branch was an important weekly newspaper of the middle of the 19th century. Henry David Thoreau mentioned it in Walden, and Louisa May Alcott was published in it in the 1850s. Original Poem written for the Olive Branch, ""The Poet's Dream of HEaven"" by E.M. Tappan. Original Tale, written for the Olive Branch ""Life in the Woods, An Indian Tale"" by J.H. Robinson. Discussion of ""The Potato Disease"" citing work by Dr. Klotsch of the Royal Herbarium in Berlin for prevention of the disease, which at this time was devastating the potato crop in Ireland. ""Railroad Matters"" reports that Hon. Daniel Webster has made two long and eloquent speeches against the Old Colony Railroad being extended. The Old Colony Railroad has been managed in a most rascally way, but Hon. E.H. Derby has been at last wisely put at the head of its affairs. Somerville--newspaper advocates for some of it to be annexed to Cambridge. ""The Humbug of Mesmerism"" discusses supposed murder of young Bruce of Winchendon, MA, last seen at Eastman's Stable in Deacon St. Report of ""Anti-Sabbath Convention"" led by William Lloyd Garrison, ""a name associated with many of the wildest and most destructive schemes, which radicalism, or diabolism, has invented. Mr. G. is the chief actor in all the various movements of the 'come-out' factionists."" Recipes for Patey's Orris Tooth Paste, Pomade Divine, Rose Pomatum, Shaving Cream and Sovereign Remedy for a Cough. Newspaper, edges quite wrinkled, several small holes in pages, poor. . Catalogs: Newspapers/History/Agriculture.