Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cherokee_Phoenix_first_issue.jpg — Authors: Elias Boudinot and Isaac H. Harris — License: Public domain. Cropped to the masthead.
Cherokee Phoenix, first issue, 1828
The first issue of the Cherokee Phoenix, published at New Echota on Feb. 21, 1828, in English and Cherokee syllabary. Image: Wikimedia Commons (American Antiquarian Society copy), public domain; cropped.
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