Highland Messenger : Volume 1 Asheville, North Carolina, Friday Morning, December 3, 1840.

Asheville, North Carolina: Highland Messenger, 1840. 4p. A good copy, foxed and toned with age, minor wear along edges, including nicks, creasing, and short closed tears.

The Highland Messenger was the earliest newspaper published in Asheville, and this an early issue from its first year in publication, 1840. The paper was co-founded by Thomas W. Atkin and Joshua Roberts. It focused on national politics, religion, morality, and science. It featured very little local news but included early regional legal notices, mail schedules, and business advertisements (as seen on last page.) Scarce. Item #101941

Price: $450.00