An edition of the weekly New-York Mirror. Subheadings at top of page read [A Weekly Journal, Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts. Embellished with Fine Engravings, and Musid arranged with accompaniments for the Pianoforte.] Newspaper includes book reviews, opinions ("MARRIAGE," "VANITY OF DRESS"), poetry ("DESTINY.- A DIALOG.," "A BROKEN HEART."), foreign correspondence ("FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EUROPE"), and musical arrangement ("REMEMBER ME WHILE FAR AWAY"). A section headed [ORIGINAL SKETCHES OF CHARACTER. / LETTERS FROM THE EAST - JOHN NEAL.] valorizes the work of John Neal's defense of American character and literary accomplishment and pillory English habits and mindset in British periodicals. It quotes Neal's emphasis of British hypocrisy in views concerning countries where slavery is legal. Eight pages.
| Date | October 5, 1833 |
| Published by | George Pope Morris, 1802 - 1864 |
| Edited by | Theodore Sedgwick Fay, 1807 - 1898 |
| Edited by | Nathaniel Parker Willis, 1806 - 1867 |
| Subject of | New-York Mirror, 1823 - 1842 |
| Subject of | John Neal, 1793 - 1876 |
| Place printed | New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America |
| Place depicted | London, England, United Kingdom, North and Central America |
| Medium | ink on paper (fiber product) |
| Dimensions | H x W: 13 3/4 × 10 5/8 in. (34.9 × 27 cm) |
| Credit Line | Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey |
| Object number | 2014.312.239 |
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