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Item #547698NEW-YORK TIMES, Aug. 22, 1867.
* Baseball
Page 5 has: "The West Terrible Heat", "Grain Gamblers", "The Late Postmaster", "Senator Yates", "Blessing Status", "An Intemperance Meeting" and much more. Among the topics discussed is paragraph about Base Ball stating: "Our great national game is... Read full description -
Item #547696THE NEW YORK HERALD, dated July 19, 1855.
* Vacation in 1855
On page 2 under "The Watering Places" are interesting letters from visitors at the following locations: "West Point Highlands", "N.J. Cape May" (has two letters), "Old Point Comfort", and "Richmond & Warrenton Springs, Virginia" These letters take... Read full description -
Item #547689THE BULLETIN, San Francisco, California, February 18, 1899
* Emile Loubet w/ print
* President of France
This 12 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page:
* LOUBET IS NOW THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE
with subheads that include: "Chosen By The General Assembly" and... Read full description -
Item #547685NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, from Washington D.C., dated December 21, 1815.
* Pennsylvania Governor Simon Snyder
On pg. 2 under “Pennsylvania” is the “Governor’s Message”, signed in type: Simon Snyder. The back page has a reward ad for a runaway “Negro Man named David”.
Other news of the day includes:... Read full description -
Item #547604THE NEW YORK HERALD, in good condition, dated July 28, 1855.
* Vacation in 1855
Page 3 has: "Our Summer Retreats Pleasant Letters from the Lake, Sea and Mountain Side Accounts of the Season at Cape Island, Schooleys Mountains, Lake Mahonpac & Lake Winnipisseogee". Also has a letter from Coney Island and a report: Southern Watering Places. Various... Read full description -
Item #547563NEW YORK HERALD, June 10, 1869 Page 10 has: "The National Game Mutual vs. Yale--The Champions in the Elm City". Summary describes the arrival and greeting of the Mutual club at the train station, and the excursion to the field. Says that the game was played at Hamilton Park in New Haven with about 3000 in attendance. Nice details about the game and... Read full description -
Item #547562NEW YORK HERALD, May 28, 1869 On page 7 under Base Ball Notes is word that: "The Unions of Lansingburg will open their new grounds on Monday next in their new uniforms, with a new regulation ball and new bats, and commence then a new series of games with the Atlantics". This news will have the effect..."of sending a large crowd to the mowing field,... Read full description -
Item #547561NEW-YORK TIMES, Aug. 28, 1867 The back page of this issue has: "Out-Door Sports", "Base Ball--Unions, of Morrisania vs. Eckfords, of Williamsburgh". Has a summary of the game, mentioning in part: "The batting of Aiken, Austin and Birdsall, was the tallest kind, while Goldie and Martin made a home run each by long hits to the centre field, the... Read full description -
Item #547557SACRAMENTO UNION, California 1859.
* Sacramento, California
This is one of the earliest California newspapers we have the pleasure to offer. As might be imagined issues from the Gold Rush vicinity--just ten years after the start of the rush--are difficult to find. As perhaps you've... Read full description -
Item #547457NEW YORK TIMES, August 12, 1865 The front page of this issue features an article concerning horse racing under the heading "Sports of the Turf". Additional headlines include: "The Grand Two-Mile Race for Three-Year Olds", "Revenue Colt of Baltimore and Winner of the Purse", "The Second Race of Mile Heats", "The... Read full description -
Item #547425NEW YORK TRIBUNE: New York, New York, May 17, 1898
* Tornado Kills 200
* Texas
The front page of this issue includes an article concerning a tornado in Texas entitled: "Two Hundred Killed - Appalling Work of the Tornado in Texas" which reads: "The horror-stricken people of Grayson and Denton counties have been engaged for the last... Read full description -
Item #547354LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, October 27, 1883
* Fishing tournament
* Early Alaska scene
Inside page has two half page prints: "New York--Second Angler's Tournament Of The National Rod & Reel Association, Harlem Mere, Central Park" & "Alaska--A Trading Post At Nuklakayet, On The Newly Explored Yukon River".
Other prints with text... Read full description -
Item #546866THE MOTHER'S ASSISTANT & YOUNG LADY'S FRIEND, Boston, Massachusetts, April, 1854
* Uncommon title
* Parental themed magazine
Has content designed to aid in "domestic education" and promote "parental responsibility" using the Bible as a guide. Octavo-size, 32 pgs.,... Read full description -
Item #546623SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, January 20, 1894
* 19th century prints
* Pope Leo III
Full front page portrait of His Holiness Pope Leo XIII seated in a large chair, from a painting by the artist Theobald Chartran.
Other prints with text throughout this 16 page issue. Nice for display. Nice condition. -
Item #545662BOSTON RECORDER & TELEGRAPH, Boston, Massachusetts, May 18, 1827
* Early Springfield, Massachusetts...
* Population...
A page 3 report about Springfield, Mississippi, says the population there is 5764. The report continues, mentioning that: "...Within 10 years, 4 spacious and elegant houses of public worship have been... Read full description -
Item #545615EVENING POST, New York City, New York, March 19, 1833
* Andrew Jackson...
* re: invitation to visit Hartford, Connecticut...
Page 2 has a reply from the President concerning an invitation from the citizens of Hartford, stating he would visit there soon when his schedule would permit, signed in type: Andrew Jackson.
Other news of the day with ads. 4 pages... Read full description -
Item #545554UNION DEMOCRAT, Manchester, New Hampshire, Dec. 4, 1866 The "President's Message" to Congress begins on pg. 2 and concludes on pg. 3, signed in type: Andrew Johnson. This was his annual state-of-the-union message.
Other news of the day includes: "Condition of the Negro in 'Freedom'"... Read full description -
Item #545214BOSTON RECORDER & TELEGRAPH, from Boston, Massachusetts, dated July 20, 1827. Page 3 features a report * Hampton Beach--A Hotel has been erected on Boat's Head, near Hampton Beach, in New Hampshire... similar...to ...the Hotel at Nahant ....On the 4th of July...300 persons were... Read full description -
Future President resigns from the Senate...
Item #545211NEW-YORK SPECTATOR, March 3, 1836.
* John Tyler resigns senate
* Future President
* Early 19th century original
On page 3 under "Mr. Tyler's Resignation" is the text of John Tyler's letter informing the Senate that he has resigned his seat as a Senator from Virginia, signed in type: John Tyler.
Other news of the day includes:... Read full description -
Item #545209ALBANY ARGUS, Albany, New York, July 8, 1834
Page 3 has a report from the "N.Y. Eve. Post" about the deaths of two firemen (Eugene Underhill & Frederick Ward) who perished in a fire, with mention that "...the fire department has taken prompt...measures to pay a tribute of... Read full description -
Item #544956NEW-YORK TIMES, July 24, 1870.
* Early Matches manufacturing
Back page article:
* Match-Making
* The Process of Manufacturing Matches in This Country
* Something About the Article of 40 Years Ago--What the First Inventions Cost & Where They Came From--The Various Brands Now in Use, & How... Read full description -
Item #544928PLAIN TALK, Brooklyn, New York, November, 1886.
* Poetry
* Ornate Front Cover
This 8 page magazine contains many interesting poems, including: "Machine Made", "This Season's Crop", and much more. However, the prime feature of this issue is the front cover page, which is quite ornate and includes red lettering.
Due to the fact that this... Read full description -
Item #544927PLAIN TALK, Brooklyn, New York, May, 1887.
* Poetry
* Ornate Front Cover
This 8 page magazine contains many interesting poems, including: "Vivid Verses", "The Drummer", "The Spring Tramp", "A Day Dream", and much more. However, the prime feature of this issue is the front cover page, which is quite ornate and original.
... Read full description -
Item #544925PLAIN TALK, Brooklyn, New York, November, 1887.
* "After Longfellow" and Christmas themed poetry
* Ornate Front Cover
This 8 page magazine contains many interesting poems, including: "After Longfellow", "A Precarious Calling", "Christmas", "Hard Times", "After the... Read full description -
Item #544777BOSTON RECORDER, Boston, Massachusetts, June 20, 1828
* Drowning tragedies... Schuylkill River...
* Creek Indians of Georgia...
Page 3 has a report: "Solemn Warnings.--Nine young men were drowned in the River Schuylkill, near Philadelphia, on the Lord's day, June 1st, while out in a boat on a party of pleasure. On... Read full description -
Item #544766"IN THE COMPANY OF WRITERS - A Life In Publishing", by Charles Scribner, Jr., Based on the oral history by Joel R. Gardner, (1990) 192 pgs. with dust jacket -
Item #544701NEW YORK TIMES, from New York, New York, dated June 14, 1836.
* Chief Schachipkaka death
* Winnebagoes Indians
A page 2 article reports The Green Bay Intelligencer announces...the death of Schachipkaka, or Decari the White Head, Chief of the Winnebagoes...
It also mentions that 3 days prior to his death he asked to be baptized.
Also within this issue is other... Read full description -
Item #544660WILKES' SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, May 24, 1862.
* Boxing
* Chess
This newspaper, which was primarily a sporting newspaper, has a quite lengthy article headed: "The Ring in England" features the "Conclusion of a Fight Between Gannon and Hatton". An additional subhead discusses a fight between Cook and Kenny.
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Item #544519THE BULLETIN, San Francisco, California, March 26, 1899
* David Starr Jordan...
* President of Indiana University... the youngest to-date...
This 28 page newspaper has a three column front page headline: "David Starr Jordan Sharply Criticized," with subheads and related illustration.
Other news of the day throughout. Usual browning with... Read full description -
Item #544497PORTER'S SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, March 28, 1857.
* Chess
As noted in the masthead: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage", this is a volume 1 issue of a very early sporting publication. Near the back of the issue is a column entitled: "Our Chess Department", which includes a chess "problem of the week" in... Read full description -
Item #544325COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Massachusetts, June 11, 1817
* Long Island Navy depot sought
Page 2 has a report stating: "We learn the President...has appointed Com. William Bainbridge, Capt. Samuel Evans, and Capt. Oliver H. Perry, Commissioners (under a resolution of the Senate) to... Read full description -
Item #544209MILITARY JOURNAL, New York, December 20, 1845
* Uncommon title...
* United States military periodical...
A volume I issue (number 5) of this uncommon title "Devoted to the interests of the Military Institutions of the Republic" as stated in the masthead. Has various military-related content. Octavo-size, 16 pages. -
Item #542294NATIONAL JOURNAL, Washington D.C., June 19, 1827
* President John Quincy Adams testimonies
Page 2 has an ad headed: "Wanted--300 Cords Of Wood". Ad says proposals "...will be received by the Superintendent of the Treasury Building..." for 150 cords each of Ash and Black Jack wood, plus a few other details.
On pg. 3 under an engraving of an... Read full description -
Item #542122INDEPENDENT PRESS, Lawrenceburgh, Indiana, March 29, 1854 Page 2 has a report that says: "The cause of Woman's Rights is making rapid progress in Jeffersonville...On Friday night a number of women broke open a grocery and coffee-house...and demolished all the bottles and barrels containing liquor."
Other news of the day with several ads.
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Item #541764EVENING POST, New York City, Oct. 29, 1833
* Stephen Girard remains moved
* Girard College founded
A page 2 report from Philadelphia says:
* "A resolution was adopted by both Councils...instructing the building committee of the Girard College, to cause a vault to be constructed on the premises of that edifice...for the reception... Read full description -
Item #541732THE SUN, New York City, New York, December 13, 1872
* Early Polar expedition...
* Arctic ice...
The back page has an interesting report: "A Valley Of Mastodons" "Discovery of a Great Polar Continent--Exploring a Mine of Ivory--A Mountain of Ice One Thousand Feet High." Concerned dispatches received by the ship Cadmus from the captain... Read full description -
Item #541722DEMOCRATIC WATCHMAN, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, December 30, 1887
* Sheriff's sale...
* Uncommon broadside... 19th century Bellefonte Pennsylvania original...
A small but nice broadside (printed on one side only) measuring about 11 1/2 by 7 5/8 inches. First column has news reports, while the next two columns have various properties... Read full description -
Item #541667EVENING POST, New York, October 26, 1833
* Early Toledo Ohio
* Fort Wayne Indiana
Page 2 has report:
* "Valley Of The Maumee.-- We are informed that the number of emigrants who have settled on the rich lands along the Maumee river...is unprecedentedly great.
We learn by a gentlemen from Vistula, M.T. (a town near the mouth of the Maumee) that the Buffalo... Read full description -
Item #541620NEW YORK TIMES, from New York, New York, dated July 21, 1836.
* President Martin Van Buren
* Newly formed towns in Mississippi
Page 2 has a letter from the "Democratic Party" of New York to the Vice President concerning "Equal Rights" and opposition to monopolies, containing a "Declaration of Principles", with a reply signed in type: M.... Read full description -
Item #541513EVENING POST, New York City, New York, May 14, 1833
* Mississippi River
* Missouri Territory
* Van Buren, Missouri
A page 2 report states that: "...new...discoveries of lead ore have been made upon the east bank of the Mississippi, between the Platte and Grand Rivers, in Iowa County, M.T." Says the ore is of the "best... Read full description -
Item #541376JUDGE, from New York, New York, dated June 24, 1893. This is the famous political satire periodical with the colorful and displayable prints on the front and back covers as well as the doublepage centerfold (see photos).
The front page is a political cartoon by Gillam titled "A Natural Mistake", and the doublepage... Read full description -
Item #541332EVENING POST, New York, November 18, 1833
* Captain Lemuel Ford
* United States Dragoons of Indiana
* Rocky Mountains expedition
A page 2 report from "Fort Wayne (Ind.)" says that Captain Ford was appointed Captain of the "U. States Dragoons" and directed to raise a company of 70 men in Indiana. Mentions that "next... Read full description -
Item #541330EVENING POST, New York, September 14, 1833.
* Italian sculptor Enrico Causici death
* 19th century original
On page 2 under "Obituary" is a report stating that the famous sculpture Enrico Causici died at Havana from the Asiatic cholera. Describes him as the "...most successful pupil of the renowned... Read full description -
Item #541280NATIONAL JOURNAL, Washington DC, January 11, 1827
* West Point Military Academy
* Band instructor Willis
A page 3 report says that:
* "...Mr. Willis, the leader and instructor of the Band at the Military Academy at West Point arrived in this city, and he...intends giving a Concert this evening. The musical talents of this gentlemen have been... Read full description -
Item #541250NATIONAL JOURNAL, Washington DC, Virginia, April 8, 1826
* Early Indianapolis, Indiana population...
* 19th century original reporting...
A front page report says: "The town of Indianapolis, in the State of Indiana, which was laid out in October, 1821, contains, according to a late census, a population of seven... Read full description -
Item #541249EVENING POST, New York City, New York, May 3, 1833
* Early Cincinnati, Ohio population...
* Progress of the West...
Page 2 has a report: "Progress Of The West.--The section of land on which Cincinnati is laid out, was bought for forty-nine dollars worth of land warrants! This was in December, 1788. Its population... Read full description -
Item #541205NEW-YORK TIMES, June 26, 1868 Front page has: "Washington" "The President's Message Vetoing the Southern States Bill" "The Bill Passed Over the Veto by Both Houses" "Continuation of the Debate on the Tax Bill"
Has details about the override of the veto by Congress, plus the text of President Johnson's... Read full description -
Item #541167THE MADISONIAN, Washington DC, Jan. 21, 1840.
* General William Henry Harrison for President
* Whitewater Canal tunnel
A page 3 item from a Cincinnati paper says that Gen. Harrison was seen for the first time since the nomination, and that he was involved in the contract of a tunnel along the Whitewater Canal that passes through his farm at... Read full description -
Item #541062BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, from Boston, Massachusetts, dated August 4, 1848. Page 2 has an unsubstantiated report stating that a million mummies were discovered near Durango, Mexico. This mentions that: "They are in a sitting posture, but have the same wrappings, bands and ornaments as the Egyptians." Also lists the artifacts... Read full description -
Item #540909SUPPLEMENT TO FRANK LESLIES ILLUSTRATED, N.Y., May 11, 1889 (print only) Tipped-in dblpgctrfld: Some Typical Decorations Of New York Business Houses During Centennial Week. Largest illus. shows the James MCreery & Co., Dry Goods Broadway & Eleventh Street. There is also one of Bloomingdale Bros. Dry Goods, Third... Read full description
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