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The Salem Gazette. Salem, MA: Thomas C. Cushing, March 10, 1801. Vol. XV, No. 997. 4 pp. 11 x 18.25 in. This newspaper contains prominent front page headlines lamenting the recent inauguration of Thomas Jefferson as President of the United States after a contentious election contest between the Federalist Party of George Washington and John Adams and the Democratic Republican Party led by Jefferson. It begins with: "Yesterday Expired, Deeply regretted by millions of grateful Americans, and by all good men, the Federal Administration of the government of the United States..." This event marked the first transfer of the United States Presidency between political parties. Though unique worldwide for the peaceful transfer of power that followed, this election was not without its contentions. The article goes on to mourn the ending of the previous administrations by stating, "Its death was occasioned by the Secret Arts, and Open Violence, of Foreign and Domestic Demagogues: Notwithstanding its whole Life Was devoted to the Performance of every Duty to promote the Union, Credit, Peace, Prosperity, Honor and Felicity of its Country." Condition: Some brittleness at edges and some separation at crease.