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Horace Greeley supports William Harrison...
Item #690529
January 23, 1841
THE LOG CABIN, New York, Jan. 23, 1841
* William Henry Harrison
* Rare campaign publication
The famous campaign newspaper published by Horace Greeley in support of William Henry Harrison in the 1840 election.
The content is almost entirely political & includes: "Government Officers, Agents, and Salaries" "The Public Lands" "The Loco-Focos Proper" &qu... See More
From its first year of publication... Early Uncle Tom's Cabin...
Item #690526
August 21, 1852
NEW-YORK DAILY TIMES, Aug. 21, 1852
* 1st year of this famous publication
* Early Uncle Tom's Cabin mention
Rare to find this venerable newspaper from its first year of publication. This is the vol. 1 number 289 issue.
Page 2 has a report of a: "Frightful Accident" "Steamboat Collision on Lake Erie" "250 Lives Lost". But the more notable content is ... See More
Harrison's funeral... Tyler takes the oath of office...
Item #690435
April 07, 1841
DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., April 7, 1841
* President William H. Harrison
* Washington D.C. death - funeral
* John Tyler takes oath of office
All four pages has wide, black "mourning" rules around the perimeter for the death of President William Henry Harrison.
Page 3 has: "Arrangements For the Interment of the Late President" which includes ... See More
The Jew Bill... Striving for equal rights for the Jews...
Item #690329
May 29, 1819
NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, May 29, 1819
* The Jew Bill - extremely historic
* Equal rights for Jews - voting
* Henry Marie Brackenridge's speech
This notable issue contains the full text of the speech presented by H.M. Brackenridge in the Maryland House of Delegates when the Jew Bill was under consideration.
The text of Brackenridge's speech is headed: &quo... See More
A shot across the bow of Uncle Tom's Cabin... President Fillmore's S.O.U. Address...
Item #690326
December 09, 1852
NEW YORK OBSERVER, December 9, 1852
* re: Uncle Tom's Cabin
* Among the earliest of literary responses (same year)
* State of the Union Address - President Millard Fillmore
Pages 6 and 7 have the entire text of President Millard Fillmore's State of the Union Address, signed in block type, MILLARD FILLMORE. The text, in part, includes: "Besides affording to our own citizens a d... See More
Execution of the Andersonville Prison warden...
Item #690314
November 11, 1865
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE, Nov. 11, 1865
* Execution of Captain Henry Wirz
* Andersonville Civil War prison - Georgia
Column heads on the ftpg: "Execution Of Henry Wirz" "How the Condemned Met His Death" "Review of His Life and Character" "Singular Statement" "A Scheme to Take Poison" "The Charges and Specifications" "Efforts of ... See More
On the John Brown Harper's Ferry invasion... Fugitive slave Columbus Jones...
Item #690299
November 16, 1859
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Nov. 16, 1859
* John Brown's insurrection - invasion - raid
* Harpers Ferry WV West Virginia
Among articles are: "The John Brown Fund" "JOHN BROWN'S INVASION--Expulsion of Strangers" which takes a full column; "Southern Protest Against The Virginia View of Harper's Ferry" taking half a column.
Page 5 has a report of noted fu... See More
First Jews elected in Maryland...
Item #690294
October 14, 1826
THE WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 14, 1826
* First Jews elected in Maryland
* Judaica - Jewish
* Andrew Jackson
One of the reports within has a small head: "The Jews" with the text including: "...that at the last election for members of our city council, two gentlemen of the Jewish persuasion were chosen by the suffrages of a large part of the citizens...Messrs. S. ... See More
Nice content on the California Gold Rush...
Item #690280
June 09, 1849
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., June 9, 1849 Among the articles on the Gold Rush and Westward Expansion are: "The Travel Over The Western Plains" "From San Francisco" "Virginia Gold Mines" and two articles covering the Washington Monument. Also an interesting item on New York's Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, among the most renowned cemeteries in t... See More
Slave ship, and a fugitive slave case...
Item #690271
June 25, 1859
NEW YORK TIMES, June 25, 1859 The top of the front page has: "The African Negroes--The Secretary of the Treasury Defending the President--The Returned Africans of the 'Echo' " which was a slave ship. This report takes over a full column.
Also on the ftpg: "Arrest of Notorious Burglars" & "A Fugitive Slave Case in Washington" concerning Agnes Robinso... See More
Creating the Naval Academy at Annapolis... Arresting Brigham Young...
Item #690170
January 31, 1846
NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 31, 1846
* United States Naval Academy is born
* Brigham Young arrested - Mormons
Near the back is a nice article on the establishment of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, headed: "The Naval School At Annapolis", which includes: "It is generally understood that in September last the military post at Annapolis, Md., was vacated... See More
Bilingual newspaper in French and Dutch...
Item #690148
August 18, 1813
FEUILLE D'AFFICHES, ANNONCES ET AVIS DIVERS DE GRONINGUE, Groningen, The Netherlands Aug 18, 1813
* Rare bilingual publication
* French & Dutch language
A fascinating bilingual newspaper, the left column in French, and the right column with the same content in Dutch. The title translates to: "Leaflet, Announcements & Miscellaneous Notices from Groningen". This is... See More
Long Wharf, Boston...
Item #690063
October 22, 1859
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Oct. 22, 1859 The front page has a print of: "The Old Salt House, Long Wharf, Boston".
Other prints within include: "View on the Chenango River, New York"; a montage of 7 prints of: "Remarkable Trees" and more.
Sixteen pages, good condition.
"Colored' people at Chicago... Somerset County, New Jersey...
Item #690062
September 24, 1859
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Sept. 24, 1859 The front page has a print of: "The State Encampment at Concord, Massachusetts". Among various prints within: "The Great Crater of the Fudsi Gamma, Japan" "Scene In a Turkish Coffee House" "City of Corfu, as Seen from the Island of Vido" "The Famous Sea Fight Between the Bon Homme Richard & the Se... See More
Several prints of Massachusetts...
Item #690060
September 03, 1859
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Sept. 3, 1859 Inside has two parades of text with 8 prints of: "Suburban Scenery Around Boston". The prints include: "Nonantum, Brighnton" "J. W. Edmand's House, Newton Centre" "Lyman Place, Waltham" "Jesse Locke's House, Watertown" "
Wm. F. Homer's Residence, Belmont' "Auburndale, Ma... See More
The final issue of the famed 'Ballou's Pictorial'...
Item #690059
December 24, 1859
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Dec. 24, 1859 The front page features a print: "Winter Scene in New England" showing a sleigh ride.
Prints within include: "Ornamented Paneling at the Capitol, Washington" "Japanese Sporting" "View of the Harlem River, Near High Bridge, New York".
This is the last issue of this title, as the front page has a: "Par... See More
Bedford Township, Pennsylvania...
Item #690057
December 10, 1859
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Dec. 10, 1859 Although there are several prints in this issue, perhaps the most notable for collection would be the one-third page print: "View of Bedford Township, and the Alleghenies, Pennsylvania" which has a related article.
Sixteen pages, good condition.
College at Toronto, a view of the Hudson at Newburgh...
Item #690056
December 17, 1859
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Dec. 17, 1859 The front page has a print of: "The Washington Building, Washington Street, Boston" with a related article.
Prints within include: "New University College, Toronto, Canada" and: "Eglinton Suspension Bridge, Macquarie River, Bathurst, New South Wales". Also a: "View In Boston Harbor" with the back pag... See More
Harper's Ferry...
Item #690055
November 12, 1859
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Nov. 12, 1859 Inside has a nice print captioned: "Harper's Ferry, Virginia, From Jefferson Rock" with a related article. Other unrelated prints as well.
Sixteen pages, good condition.
Bridge over the Mississippi...
Item #690046
December 18, 1858
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Dec. 18, 1858 The front page features a print and article: "Rock Island Railroad Bridge, on the Mississippi River".
Other prints within include: "The Aissaouas of Algeria" "The Pacha of Egypt's New Steam Yacht 'Said' " and more.
Sixteen pages, good condition.
Early scenes along the Upper Mississippi...
Item #690043
July 24, 1858
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, July 24, 1858 The front page features a print and article: "United States Marine Hospital and Mississippi River, New Orleans".
Prints within include: "Mount Blanc and the Village of Chamouni [Chamonix]" plus two pages with an article and 5 prints headed: "American Scenes--The Great West". They show: "Fort Snelling, Min... See More
Pre-Civil War Charleston and New Orleans...
Item #690039
August 07, 1858
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Aug. 7, 1858 The front page features two prints: "Artesian Wells in Charleston, S.C." and: "Forts Pinckney and Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina" with a related article. An inside page has a print of: "The Levee, at New Orleans, Louisiana" with a related article as well.
The full back page is a print: "The Gipsey Wido... See More
Nice, early prints of Dubuque, Iowa...
Item #690026
October 31, 1857
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Oct. 31, 1857 The front page has an article and related print on: "Emigrants At Constitution Wharf, Boston".
Other prints include: "Perils of the Pacific Whale Trade" and a terrific & very detailed full page: "General View of the City of Dubuque, Iowa". Additionally there is a page of text with 3 more Dubuque prints: "Po... See More
Early scenes of Dobbs' Ferry, New York...
Item #690025
May 08, 1858
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, May 8, 1858 The front page has an article and two prints of: "Ethan Allen's Monument" and: "Grave of Ethan Allen at Burlington, Vermont".
Inside has 2 pages of descriptive text with 4 prints of: "Dobbs' Ferry, New York" including: "The Livingston Mansion" "Remains of the Old Fort" "Sneeden's L... See More
Early print of Niles, Michigan...
Item #690024
May 01, 1858
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, May 1, 1858 Inside has 2 pages of text with 8 prints of: "Cottage Architecture". Also a print of: "The Union School any Niles, Michigan" with an article, plus: "The City of Kandahar, Afghanistan".
Sixteen pages, nice condition.
Early scenes of Portland, Maine...
Item #690023
April 10, 1858
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, April 10, 1858 Prints within include: "Wood-Choppers Attacked by a Bear in the Forests of Maine". Also 2 pages of text with 5 prints on: "Views in Portland, Maine" including 3 churches, "The Reform School" and the: "Marine Hospital, Martin's Point".
Another print shows: "The Famous American Trotting Horse, Taco... See More
Pre-Civil War prints of Columbus and Xenia, Ohio...
Item #690017
December 12, 1857
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Dec. 12, 1857 Two pages with text includes four prints of: "Columbus and Xenia, Ohio" including: "View of the Lunatic Asylum, Columbus" "Bridge Over the Big Darby, Ohio" "Ohio Penitentiary at Columbus" and; "Railroad Station at Xenia". A few other prints as well.
Sixteen pages, light toning, nice condition.... See More
Canada scenes... Edwin Booth...
Item #690007
May 30, 1857
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, May 30, 1857 The front page features a print of: "Mr. Edwin Booth, as 'Sir Giles Overreach' " with an article on him. He was the older brother of John Wilkes Booth.
Prints within include: "Boats Attacked by Walruses, Arctic Regions" "The Wrestling Tent--A Japanese National Sport" "St. Louis Gate, Quebec, Canada"... See More
Views of Sault Sainte Marie...
Item #690005
May 02, 1857
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, May 2, 1857 The front page features a print of: "The Foreign Factories, Canton". Other prints within include four prints of: "Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan" including the "Principal Street" "Upper Entrance, Sault Ste. Marie Canal" "Fort Brady" and: "Lower Entrance Sault Street. Marie Canal" with an art... See More
The "Digger" Indians of California...
Item #690004
May 02, 1857
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, May 2, 1857 The front page features a print of: "Digger Indians of California Burning Their Dead" with an article on this.
Other prints include: "The Pawnbroker" "Indians Attacking a Yankee Schooner on the Northwest Coast" "Battle of Oriskany, State of New York" "Battle of King's Mountain, State of North Caroli... See More
Female College at Worcester...
Item #690001
April 04, 1857
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, April 4, 1857 Inside has 3 prints of "The Island of St. Pauls, Indian Ocean". Other prints include: "The Female College At Worcester, Massachusetts" more formally known as the Ladies' Collegiate Institute. It would close in 1860.
Also a print of: "Union Railroad Depot, Troy, New York".
Sixteen pages, nice condition.... See More
Fulton Market and Brighton Market...
Item #689992
June 28, 1856
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, June 28, 1856 The front page has a print: "Scene in Fulton Market, New York City" with an article. A great, tipped-in doublepage centerfold: "Representation of Brighton Market, Near Boston, On Market Day".
Sixteen pages, scattered foxing, good condition.
Bedford, Massachusetts prints...
Item #689983
March 08, 1856
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, March 8, 1856 The front page is taken up with: "Various Railroad Depots In Boston".
Among the prints within two pages with 8 prints of "New Bedford", Massachusetts, including the "City Hall & Market" and: "Court House" and "Custom House". The back page has 2 prints of: "Mercantile Library, Summer... See More
Early Winslow Homer print...
Item #689882
July 04, 1857
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, July 4, 1857 Winslow Homer prints are very desirable, and among the more difficult periodical titles in which to find Homer prints is "Ballou's Pictorial" as it rarely comes on the collector market from the Homer era.
Here is one such issue, with a Winslow Homer print on an inside page titled: "Hon. William Haile, Governor of New Hamp... See More
Very early Winslow Homer print...
Item #689880
June 13, 1857
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, June 13, 1857
* Early Winslow Homer print
* Boston street scene
The front page features one of the earliest Winslow Homer prints to appear in a periodical, in fact just one week after the very first. It is captioned: "Corner of Winter, Washington & Summer Streets, Boston". The initials "WH" are at the lower left of the print. C... See More
First Winslow Homer print in a periodical...
Item #689878
June 06, 1857
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, June 6, 1857
* American illustrator Winslow Homer
* Very first illustration in a periodical
This periodical was formatted much like Harper's Weekly but predated it by 6 years (started as Gleason's Pictorial).
Certainly the most significant print in this issue is that of: "Captain J. W. Watkins", significant because it was the very fir... See More
Early Chicago scenes...
Item #689875
April 11, 1857
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, April 11, 1857 This title was formatted much like the more popular "Harper's Weekly". Among the many prints are a front page print of: "The Emperor & Empress of Austria".
Other prints within include: "Lake St., Chicago" "Clark Street Bridge, Chicago" "Depot of the Illinois & the Michigan Centr
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Other prints within include: "Lake St., Chicago" "Clark Street Bridge, Chicago" "Depot of the Illinois & the Michigan Centr
Scenes in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania...
Item #689874
March 21, 1857
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, March 21, 1857 This title was formatted much like the more popular "Harper's Weekly". Among the many prints are a front page print of: "The Author of Home Sweet Home", John Howard Payne.
Also four prints of scenes in "Harrisburg, Pennsylvania" including the Court House and the State House. A related article as well. A one
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Also four prints of scenes in "Harrisburg, Pennsylvania" including the Court House and the State House. A related article as well. A one
Great Gold Rush centerfold...
Item #689872
May 03, 1856
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, May 3, 1856 The tipped-in doublepage centerfold is one of the best period images from the Gold Rush in California to be had. Captioned: "California Gold Diggers--A Scene From Actual Life at The Mines" it shows men digging and panning for gold.
Other prints include: "Temple of a Thousand Images Near Miami, Japan" and: "Searching for Re... See More
Print of San Francisco... The new Mormon Temple...
Item #689869
July 25, 1857
BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, July 25, 1857
* Very early view of San Francisco
* Salt Lake Tabernacle under construction
Formatted much like the more common Harper's Weekly, this illustrated paper printed several years earlier.
The front page features a print of a: "View Of San Francisco, California" which a related article on it as well. Very early view of the young... See More
Dedicated the Henry Clay statue... Conference for slave-holding states...
Item #689796
April 18, 1860
THE WEEKLY RICHMOND ENQUIRER, Virginia, April 18, 1860
* Henry Clay statue - monument unveiled
From just one year before the outbreak of the Civil War.
The front page has over half a column headed: "A Southern Conference - To the People of the Several Slave-holding States". Inside has: "Virginia Shall be a Unit". Most of page 2 is taken up with considerable detail ... See More
For Scottish-Americans...
Item #689793
May 15, 1841
THE SCOTTISH JOURNAL, New York, May 15, 1841
* Rare publication for Scotland immigrants
Obviously a newspaper for Scottish-Americans. The masthead has a thistle-themed engraving. Various literary items & other content.
Eight pages, 10 1/2 by 15 inches, light damp stains, nice condition.... See More
Early Catholic newspaper with huge masthead...
Item #689792
February 17, 1832
UNITED STATES CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCER, Boston, Feb. 17, 1832
* Large masthead with a heraldic eagle
This rather rare title lasted for just one year, having begun in October, 1831 and ending in September, 1832. The issue is a "vol. III" issue as this publication was preceded by one titled "Jesuit, or Catholic Sentinel" and they kept the same volume numbering. It was a... See More
Anti-slavery newspaper...
Item #689789
August 12, 1846
EMANCIPATOR, Boston, Aug. 12, 1846 A newspaper focused on emancipation: the freedom for slaves. Articles include: "Another Suicide by a Slave" "Results of Emancipation" "Law vs. Philanthropy" "The Great N.W. Liberty Convention" "Texas" and much more.
Four pages, good condition.
Early newspaper from the Oneida Community...
Item #689779
April 01, 1843
THE PERFECTIONIST, Putney, Vermont, April 1, 1843
* Uncommon publication
An early newspaper from the Oneida Community. This small folio-size newspaper only published twice a month, by J. H. Noyes & J. L. Skinner. Within the issue the editors espouse their Christian philosophy which became the foundation of the Oneida movement, which would take on greater presence in th
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* Uncommon publication
An early newspaper from the Oneida Community. This small folio-size newspaper only published twice a month, by J. H. Noyes & J. L. Skinner. Within the issue the editors espouse their Christian philosophy which became the foundation of the Oneida movement, which would take on greater presence in th
On the Fugitive Slave Act... Fillmore's state-of-the-union address...
Item #689777
December 05, 1850
NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT & STATE GAZETTE, Concord, Dec. 5, 1850 The front page has 2 1/2 columns taken up with a length report concerning; "The Fugitive Slave Law--Is it Constitutional? Shall we Obey it? Or Shall We Disobey it & Become Rebels & Traitors to the Constitution and the Union?"
Much of pages 2 & 3 are taken up with the: "President's Message" w... See More
"The North Star" becomes "Frederick Douglass' Paper"...
Item #689770
June 17, 1852
FREDERICK DOUGLASS' PAPER, Rochester, New York, June 17, 1852 We are pleased to offer this exceedingly rare--and highly desirable--newspaper by the famed Frederick Douglass. This weekly title is the continuation of his newspaper "North Star" which began in 1847.
Douglass was perhaps the most famous 19th century African-American abolitionist who escaped from slavery and then ri... See More
Short-lived campaign newspaper to elect Andrew Jackson...
Item #689737
August 02, 1828
UNITED STATES' TELEGRAPH--EXTRA, Washington, Aug. 2, 1828
* Rare campaign periodical
* General Andrew Jackson
This was a campaign journal "...devoted exclusively to the Presidential election..." as stated in the masthead.
It was published by Duff Green, who had come to Washington to establish a newspaper to promote the candidacy of Andrew Jackson. Mott says: "Gree... See More
Thoughts towards reforming politics...
Item #689736
THE REFORMERS' GAZETTE, Glasgow, Scotland, Aug. 11, 1832 A small periodical with a very ornate and decorative engraving in the masthead. This is a political piece focused on the reform of Scottish or British politics. Items in this issue include: "On the Revenues of the Crown" "Reform Catechism" "Unequal Taxation" and more.Sixteen pages, 5 by 8 inches, great con... See More
Slave ads in this antebellum Louisiana newspaper...
Item #689708
July 20, 1850
THE DAILY DELTA, New Orleans, July 20, 1850 Newspapers from the pre-Civil War South are rather difficult to find. Here is one from Louisiana.
Among the many back page ads is one headed: "Slaves! Slaves! Slaves!" which notes in part: "The subscribers are prepared to receive, on consignment, for sale in this market, any number of slaves, having one of the best showrooms in the ... See More
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