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Item #723176LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 22, 2003
* The Station nightclub fire disaster
* Rock band Great White concert
* West Warwick, Rhode Island
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "Nightclub Fire Toll Nears 100; Band's Pyrotechnics Ignite a Life-or-Death Rush for the Exits" with two related photos. First report coverage... Read full description -
Item #720253THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 31, 1939
* Jewish soldiers honored - Memorial Day celebration
* First Shearith Israel Graveyard
* George Washington's letter to the Touro Synagogue mentioned
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "JEWISH WAR DEAD OF 1776 EXTOLLED", with multiple subheadings and 8 paragraphs of text.... Read full description -
Item #719814THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 9, 1946
* Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island
* Oldest surviving building in United States
* Declared a National Historic Site
Page 15 has one column headings that include: "NATION SETS APART TOURO SYNAGOGUE" "Shrine of Judaism at Newport, Oldest in Country, Designated as a Historic Site"... Read full description -
Item #718994THE NEW JERSEY GAZETTE, Trenton, April 29, 1778
* The Articles of Confederation (historic)
* American Revolutionary War
This was the very first newspaper in New Jersey, having begun in December, 1777. This is issue number 22.
There are only a handful of documents in American history which can be considered cornerstones in the creation of our... Read full description -
Item #717897NEWPORT HERALD, Rhode Island, June 15, 1928
* Herbert Clark Hoover nominated for President
* 1928 Republican National Convention
The front page has a nice banner headline: "HOOVER NOMINATED BY SWEEPING MAJORITY" with subhead and photo. (see images) Nice for display.
Eight pages, light toning and a little wear at the... Read full description -
Item #717414THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL, Rhode Island, July 13, 1935
* Melvin Purvis resigns - John Dillinger's nemesis
* FBI agent - G-Men
* Colonel Alfred Dreyfus' death report
The top of page three has the single-column heading: "G-MAN WHO SLEW DILLINGER QUITS", with subheading: "Purvis, Gangster's Nemesis,... Read full description -
Item #717326THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, January, 1776
* American Revolutionary War
* Captain James Cook vogage
* South Pole map - HMS Resolution
This is a fine issue from this significant year of the Revolutionary War, with much war-related content.
Included are two pages on an: "Act for Prohibiting all Trade with... Read full description -
Item #714940THE WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, (February, 1813)
This is the "Appendix to Volume The Third" as well as the "Addenda to Volume The Third" which includes a great rarity for this title: a full page print of: "The Columbian Steam Engine".
This "Appendix" contains a wealth of documents which... Read full description -
Item #713731(A 4-issue set) GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, Aug. 7, 11, 14, and 28, 1790
The 4-issue set of Gazette of the United States from August 7, 11, 14, and 28, 1790, covers several key historical events and historic developments from the early U.S. government, focusing on the United States Funding Act of 1790... Read full description -
Item #712366GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, June 5, 1790 A very significant issue for anyone in the publishing field, as page two has virtually an entire column taken up with the printing of: "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts and Books to the Authors & Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned."... Read full description -
Item #709986FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Dec. 15, 1892 The full front page is a photo of: "The Late Jay Gould" with page 4 having an accompanying article of the same heading. Yet another page is filled with six photos of: "The Birthplace & Some of the Residences of the Late Jay Gould".... Read full description -
Item #709855CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 12, 1934
* Saylesville, Rhode Island mill riot
* General Textile Strike of 1934
The top of the front page has nice banner headline: "TEXTILE BATTLE WOUNDS 142" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Five related photos are on the back page with heading.
Complete with 34 pages, rag edition in great... Read full description -
Item #709498CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 13, 1934
* Woonsocket, Rhode Island mill riot
* General Textile Strike of 1934
The top of the front page has nice banner headline: "RIOT RAGES; ASK U.S. TROOPS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Related photo on page 2. Four more photos are on the back page with heading.
Complete with 32... Read full description -
Item #708914TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., August 19, 1925
* Steamer Mackinac
* Boiler explosion disaster
* Newport RI Rhode Island
The front page has a nice banner headline: "32 DEAD IN EXPLOSION" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. First report coverage on the boiler explosion of the Steamer Mackinac near Newport, Rhode Island.
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Item #708888THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, July 1, 1801 Page 3 has an address by the legislature of Rhode Island to the President, congratulating him on being elected President of the United States. It is followed by: "The President's Answer" signed in type: Thomas Jefferson.
Four pages, damp staining... Read full description -
Item #708886THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, April 22, 1801
* President Thomas Jefferson
* re. Presidential election victory
Page 3 has a letter from the President to the people of Providence, R.I., returning thanks for their congratulations for being elected President. It is signed in type: Thomas Jefferson.
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Item #707951THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 16, 1964
* Newport Folk Festival - music concert
* Year before Bob Dylan's electric controversy
Page 9 has a early advertisement for the "Newport Folk Festival" in Rhode Island. This ad measures 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. (see image) This was a 4 day event and has... Read full description -
Item #707040RHODE ISLAND AMERICAN & PROVIDENCE GAZETTE, Dec. 11, 1827
* President John Quincy Adams
* State of the Union Address
The entire front page is taken up with: "President's MESSAGE" to Congress, being his annual state-of-the-union address, a tradition begun with Washington & which continues to this day.... Read full description -
Item #705939THE EVENING BULLETIN, Providence, Rhode Island, Nov. 20, 1863
* Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"
* Historic American Civil War speech
* Edward Everett's "keynote" on battlefield
At the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg Edward Everett was the featured speaker, and all of pages 4,... Read full description -
Item #705800THE EVENING BULLETIN, Providence, Rhode Island, May 8, 1945
* Surrender of Germany - Nazis
* V-E Day celebrations underway
The banner headlines announce: "ALLIED ACCLAIM V-E DAY" "Terms To Be Signed In Berlin" "Guns Fall Silent At 6 Tonight" with many related subheads and a celebratory photo.
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Item #705459THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, May, 1779
* American Revolutionary War era original
A fine opportunity to purchase a magazine from during the Revolutionary War at a reasonable price, as we find almost no American content in this issue.
At the back under the "Historical... Read full description -
Item #705295THE PROVIDENCE GAZETTE & COUNTRY JOURNAL, Rhode Island, Oct. 2, 1779
* American Revolutionary War
* Gen. John Burgoyne failures
* re. Battles of Saratoga surrender
Almost the entire front page is taken up with a letter: "To Lieutenant-General Burgoyne" taken from a London newspaper and reprinted here.
Not... Read full description -
Item #705019THE PROVIDENCE DAILY JOURNAL, Rhode Island, March 13, 1906
* Susan B. Anthony death
The top of the front page has a column heading: "SUSAN B. ANTHONY DIES PEACEFULLY" with subheads: "Woman's Rights Leader Breathed Her Last This Morning" "Unconscious For 24 Hours" and more.
The report takes an entire column and... Read full description -
Item #704965GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, Sept. 8, 1790
* President George Washington
* Alexander Hamilton notice
The back page has a nice Act of Congress "...for the relief of disabled soldiers and seamen lately in the service of the United States..." headed by an engraving of a heraldic eagle & is signed in type: ... Read full description -
Item #704530GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, September 11, 1790
* President George Washington
* Address received and response
* Brethren of King David's Lodge
* Newport, Rhode Island lodge
* Masonic - Jewish - Jews - Judaica
This is a very significant newspaper. The... Read full description -
Item #704477NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, June 25, 1842
* Dorr Rebellion - Rhode Island arsenal attack
* Governor Thomas Wilson Dorr
* Mormons in Hancock County, Illinois
Page 3 ha a report which is a follow-up to the Dorr Rebellion, noting in part: "...his charge to the grand jury alluded to the recent events in that state & defined... Read full description -
Item #704399THE PENNSYLVANIA EVENING POST, Philadelphia, Jan. 25, 1776
* The "dishonest malevolence" controversy
* Thomas Paine "Common Sense" & Robert Bell
* Great year to have (1776) Revolutionary War
As a bit of a back story, printer Robert Bell ran an advertisement taking... Read full description -
Item #703785GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, January 6, 1790
* United States U.S. Constitution
* North Carolina ratification (last)
* Post "Bill of Rights" acceptance
Page 3 has a report of a tour through South Carolina with mention of Columbia & Cape Fear, including: "A light house is now... Read full description -
Item #703279THE CONTINENTAL JOURNAL & WEEKLY ADVERTISER, Boston, August 13, 1778 Most of the front page is taken up with news & correspondence concerning America negotiating a treaty of assistance with France, including mention of Ben Franklin.
Page 3 has several reports on the war including a report from... Read full description -
Item #703253HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 12, 1885 The full front is a print: "On Board the Puritan-Getting Aft the Main Sheet."
Among the prints inside are a full page with many smaller prints pertaining to: "Sketches from the Burlesque Opera "The Mikado."; a half page: "The Bicycle Tournament at Hartford-The Mile Race for... Read full description -
Item #702283THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE, Boston, May, 1745
* Very rare & early colonial magazine
* Great Boston masthead engraving
This is a very rare title, actually the first successful magazine in American history done in the traditional magazine format (Christian History preceded this by several years but was exclusively a chronicle of... Read full description -
Item #702081RHODE ISLAND AMERICAN & GAZETTE, Providence, Feb. 1, 1831
* Early barber shop advertisement
Page 3 has a very interesting illustrated advertisement for a barber, with text on the service he provides including; "...to know where to cut and where to leave the hair so as to hide as much as possible all deformity of the head..." (see).
Four... Read full description -
Item #702037BRIDGE & STILES' LAUNDRY JOURNAL, Providence, Rhode Island, 1883 Who would have guessed that there is a newspaper focused on the laundry industry? But here is one.
Page 2 has an article beginning: "Our object in publishing this Journal, is too give the public a true idea of a new industry, vis: The Steam Laundry...".
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Item #701536COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, May 17, 1794
* President George Washington
* French officer Louis de Tousard
The front page begins with an Act of Congress, giving a pension for life to Lt. Col. Tousard. It is signed in script type by the President: Go. Washington.
Louis de Tousard was a French artillerist who... Read full description -
Item #701400THE PROVIDENCE GAZETTE & COUNTRY JOURNAL, Rhode Island, Oct. 31, 1778
* British last attempt - peace with America
The entire front page and a portion of page 2 are taken up with an historic document headed: "MANIFESTO and PROCLAMATION" by General Henry Clinton.
Once France entered the war on the side of... Read full description -
Item #701231LITERARY CADET, Providence, Rhode Island, Jan. 20, 1827 Although the title would suggest it is entirely literary content, there is much news of the day as well. The most interesting feature is the masthead which uses an unusual font for the type.
Four pages, good condition. A volume 1 issue. -
Item #700583THE PROVIDENCE GAZETTE & COUNTRY JOURNAL, Rhode Island, July 29, 1775 In the world of American Revolutionary literature and manuscripts three bodies of work stand out: 1) Thomas Paine's Common Sense; 2) the Declaration of Independence; and 3) the earliest of the Revolutionary trinity: The Causes and... Read full description -
Item #700404THE PROVIDENCE GAZETTE, Rhode Island, Feb. 6, 1802 Page 3 has a letter from Gibraltar Bay concerning the ongoing Barbary Wars with reports of conflicts.
The Barbary Wars were a series of battles involving the United States & other countries against the Barbary states, including Tunis, Algiers, and Tripoli, and Morocco. The wars were largely a... Read full description -
Item #699467THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, August 19, 1675
* King Philip's War - Metacomet
* New England Colonists vs. Indians
* First war in America (historic)
The significance of what is known as "King Philip's War" is lost with most Americans, but the event cannot be over-stated.
This was America's first war, and... Read full description -
Item #698073THE AMERICAN JOURNAL & GENERAL ADVERTISER, Providence, Rhode Island, Aug. 26, 1779
* Very rare American Revolutionary War publication
A truly rare title from the Revolutionary War, as it lasted for less than 1 1/2 years from March, 1779 to August, 1781.
Page 3 has a: "...letter from an officer of... Read full description -
Item #697897THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, March 10, 1759 Page 5 is entirely taken up with: "A Description and Natural History of the Island of Guadeloupe" in the Caribbean.
Page 6 has reports headed: "America" with datelines from Charleston, and Providence, Rhode Island. The former reports in part on deserters, one of whom: ... Read full description -
Item #697888THE CONNECTICUT COURANT & WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, Hartford, March 13, 1781
* Rare Revolutionary War title
* General Nathanael Greene
* Battle of Cowpens - SC
* Events in the South
Most of the front page is taken up with reports concerning the: "Account of the Examination& Commitment of John Trumbull, for High... Read full description -
Item #697886THE AMERICAN JOURNAL & GENERAL ADVERTISER, Providence, Rhode Island, Sept. 9, 1779
* Very rare American Revolutionary War publication
* Lengthy letter from Benjamin Franklin
A truly rare title from the Revolutionary War, as it lasted for less than 1 1/2 years from March, 1779 to... Read full description -
Item #697814THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, June 14, 1787 Page 2 has a letter from Philadelphia which mentions in part: "...from America say that Shays and ten more (his officers) are taken up by the British garrison at St. John's and confined until Lord Dorchester's pleasure is known respecting them...".
This was Danial Shays concerning... Read full description -
Item #697637THE AMERICAN JOURNAL & GENERAL ADVERTISER, Providence, Rhode Island, Sept. 2, 1779
* Battle of Stono Ferry, Charleston, South Carolina
* Battle of Chemung - New York - John Sullivan
A truly rare title from the Revolutionary War, as it lasted for less than 1 1/2 years from March, 1779 to... Read full description -
Item #697211THE AMERICAN JOURNAL & GENERAL ADVERTISER, Providence, Rhode Island, July 15, 1779
* Very rare American Revolutionary War publication
A truly rare title from the Revolutionary War, as it lasted for less than 1 1/2 years from March, 1779 to August, 1781. This is the volume 1, #18 issue.
The entire... Read full description -
Item #695809THE AMERICAN JOURNAL & GENERAL ADVERTISER, Providence, Rhode Island, May 7, 1779
* Very rare American Revolutionary War publication
A truly rare title from the Revolutionary War, as it lasted for less than 1 1/2 years from March, 1779 to August, 1781. This issue is volume 1, number 8.
Inside has a report... Read full description -
Item #695025SALEM REGISTER, Massachusetts, Oct. 28, 1805 Pages 1 and 2 contain reports on the life & funeral of Arthur Jenner, late governor of Rhode Island. Other news and ads of the day.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, minor foxing, good condition. -
Item #694503THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL & TOWN AND CONTRY ADVERTISER, Rhode Island, April 17, 1799
* A rarity in the newspaper collecting
In addition to collecting rare and historic newspapers, we also pursue issues which are "odd-ball" or unique. This is one.
A typical 4 pages newspaper, pages 1 and 2 are quite traditional with... Read full description -
Item #694502FEDERAL INTELLIGENCER, & BALTIMORE DAILY GAZETTE, Maryland, April 16, 1795
* Rare 18th century title from Maryland
* President George Washington era
Quite rare to find an issue with this title, as it began Oct. 30, 1794 and continued until just Dec. 30, 1795 as such. It previously had life as another title, and existed under yet another... Read full description
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