The seventeenth volume in this popular series contains abstracts from the Daily National Intelligencer (formerly The National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser), Washington, D.C.'s first newspaper. President John Tyler is in office. Mutiny on the brig Somers, a visit to Santa Anna, and the life of Senator Linn are covered. There are also appointments by the President, promotions in the army and navy, marriage and death notices, murders and...