Historic Newspapers: Pre-Civil War

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Nov. 29, 1847  The front page has a full column taken up with the detailed report of the: "Army Court Martial" trial of Col. John Fremont, which

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Nov. 2, 1803  The top of the front page has an historic notice headed: "Louisiana Treaty" announcing the ratification of the treaty by the Senate by which the United

NEW JERSEY STATE GAZETTE, Trenton, April 9, 1841  All columns on all 4 pages have wide, black "mourning" rules for the death of President Harrison.
The front page has most of a column headed: "The

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, July 13, 1822

• Denmark Vesey Slaves Rebellion
• Free black man in Charleston SC

The back page has a report of the Denmark Vesey slave revolt, noting that six slaves

THE WEEKLY RECORDER, Chillicothe, Ohio, Sept. 13, 1815  Page 7 has a report from Saint Louis: "The Treaty with 3 reports mostly concerning the Indians, one item noting: "...from Gen. Jackson

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Jan. 6, 1849  Over two columns on page 2 are taken up with an excellent and very detailed letter headed: "Diluvial Gold Deposits of California". It begins:

THE DOWNFALL OF BABYLON, New York, Oct. 24, 1835  A quite rare & unusual weekly (later semi-monthly) newspaper with strong anti-Catholic leanings published by: "Samuel B. Smith, Late a Popish

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, February 9, 1856  The front page is mostly taken up with the Mass. state arms and scenes emblematic of the state.
Among the prints within are: "Floating Church Off the

NEWARK DAILY ADVERTISER, New Jersey, March 8, 1841

• Consecration of Congregation Mickve Israel
• Jewish synagogue in Savannah, Georgia - Jews
• President George Washington's 1790 famous letter fame

The

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Feb. 7, 1943

• Post-Battle of Stalingrad
• Nazis trapped at Sea of Azov

The front page has a nice banner headline: "'DUNKIRK' FOR 200,000 NAZIS" with subheads. (see images) Nice

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 30, 1930

• Marcus Garvey banned from Cuba
• Jamaican black nationalism activist

Page 4 has a somewhat brief report with a small one column heading: "Cuba Puts Ban On Garvey" with

KA NONANONA (The Ant), Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Kingdom. July 25, 1843. Buke (Vol.) 3, Pepa (No.) 5. 
An extraordinary and historically important issue of one of Hawaii's earliest Hawaiian-language

METRO SECTION (Sec. II) only of the Los Angeles Times, Dec. 10, 1984

• Early "Motley Crue" deals with a tragedy
• Vince Neil's DUI accident that killed his passenger
• American heavy metal - hard rock band

MASONIC MIRROR, Philadelphia & New  York, Feb. 17, 1858

• Masonic - free masonry - Masons
• Pre American Civil War era

In the dateline is: "Devoted To The Diffusion Of Masonic Intelligence, Fine Arts,

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 5, 1860

• Famous boxing match print
• John Heenan vs. Thomas Sayers
• MISSING THE TWO FRONT LEAFS ***

The prime feature of this issue would have to be the great doublepage

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 15, 1845

• Latter-day -Saints founder Joseph Smith's widowed wife Emma

The back page has an item noting: "Emma Smith, the widow of the deceased prophet,

THE NON-RESISTANT, Boston, Aug. 25, 1841

• Nauvoo, Illinois 4th of July celebration
• Joseph Smith & the Mormons - Mormonism
• Rare Anti Slavery publication - slaves
• New England Non-Resistance Society
• About

THE WEEKLY RECORDER, Chillicothe, Ohio, Aug. 9, 1815  This was one of Ohio's most important frontier and early statehood communities. Chillicothe served as the capital of the Ohio Territory and

THE WEEKLY RECORDER, Chillicothe, Ohio, July 11, 1815

• Very early & rare for the state of Ohio

This was one of Ohio's most important frontier and early statehood communities. Chillicothe served as

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Dec. 10, 1840

• President Martin Van Buren
• State of the Union Address

Taking almost the entirety of page 2 is the President's annual state-of-the-union

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Oct. 20, 1849

• California Gold Rush
• 49ers - mining - miners

Page 3 has a terrific, nearly full column report headed: "The California Gold Region" which

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, May 29, 1819 and March 5, 1825

• Precursor to the Jew Bill - extremely historic
• Equal rights for Jews - voting
• Henry Marie Brackenridge's speech

A pair of issues on

MASONIC MIRROR, Philadelphia & New York, Sept. 1, 1858  In the dateline is: "Devoted To The Diffusion Of Masonic Intelligence, Fine Arts, Literature, News, etc."
This little newspaper published for

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Dec. 27, 1817

• Grand Lodge of Massachusetts notice
• Masonic - Masons - Freemasonry - Freemasons
• The Elephant 'Columbus' engraving
• Asian Pachyderm from India on display
• First

HOUSEHOLD WORDS, London, England, Dec. 14, 1850

• Charles Dickens publication

This 24 page issue is in nice condition and measures 6 x 9 inches. This was a weekly journal which was conducted by

THE REPERTORY & GENERAL ADVERTISER, Boston, April 14, 1812

• Embargo Act of 1812
• James Madison signs

A very historic front page, as it includes a report headed: "EMBARGO" which reports on the voting

THE TIMES, London, May 8, 1840

• The disappearance of Father Thomas
• Led to the severe Jewish persecution
• Profoundly historic - notorious instance of Judaica "blood libel"

On page 5, under the unassuming

AI ANGLO SACSUN, New York, May 29, 1847

• Promoting the spelling of words phonetically

Here is one of the more fascinating newspapers that was in the private collection.
This newspaper--which is volume

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., March 5, 1841

• President William Henry Harrison inauguration
• Inaugural address - best title to be had (rare)

Perhaps the best newspaper to be had on the

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, July 23, 1803

• The Louisiana Purchase Treaty
• Signed by U.S. & France ministers

Page 2 has: "By the President of the United States...A PROCLAMATION" calling for a special

THE ENGLISH CHRONICLE & WHITEHALL EVENING POST, London, England, Oct. 4, 1803  One of the less common titles of early 19th century England, this issue added to the private collection because of the

NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, August 26, 1865

• Horace Greeley letter - his opinion of African Americans
• Andersonville prison trial... Henry Wirz

The most historically significant content is the intriguing

EXTRA GLOBE, Washington, May 3, 1838

• Jacksonian loyalist Francis Preston Blair

There would appear to have been three titles with this name as Miles ("The People's Voice") notes a campaign newspaper

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, Nov. 14, 1849  Page 3 has "Correspondence from California" which has a letter which includes: "...The news here is most flattering. Gold is abundant! Labor

BOSTON GAZETTE, July 25, 1803

• The Louisiana Purchase Treaty

Page 2 has: "By the President of the United States...A PROCLAMATION" calling for a special session of Congress, signed in type: Th.

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, June 22, 1844

• Mormons leader Joseph Smith
• Election campaign for president
• 1st presidential candidate to be killed

It is not known by many today that Joseph Smith,

EVENING GAZETTE, Boston, March 14, 1835 Complete 4 page periodical from the early part of the 19th century. This issue measures 25 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches, a little light damp staining, nice condition.

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., May 26, 1847  Over two columns of page 3 are taken up with: "The Administration and Congress" which deals mostly with events of the Mexican War. 
Also

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Aug. 11, 1858

• Baron Rothschild of Tring
• 1st Jewish member of House of Lords

Page 2 has a column headed: "Baron Rothschild in Parliament". This is a

THE FRIEND OF PEACE, Cambridge, Massachusetts, July, 1828  This was a 19th-century anti-war publication authored by Noah Worcester (under the pseudonym "Philo Pacificus"), focused on promoting peace

NEW YORK EVENING POST, Nov. 25, 1802

• African lion on display advertisement (notice)

The top of the front page has a notice for an exhibit of "The King Of Beasts" which includes details about the

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Jan. 30, 1861

• Abraham Lincoln about to change America

A great issue shortly before the outbreak of war with pg. 4 including: "...declare that Mr. Lincoln has listened to the

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, & DWASHINGTON ADVERITSER, D.C., Oct. 26, 1807

• President Thomas Jefferson proclamation
• Pardon for military deserters - soldiers

Page 3 has: "A Proclamation" by the President

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Aug. 20, 1817

• Gloucester sea serpent sightings
• Off Cape Ann - Massachusetts

Page 2 has nearly half a column taken up with a detailed & descriptive article headed: "A Sea

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 25, 1858

• Paul Morphy - American chess champion
• Early Salt Lake City, Utah  view

The prime print would be the great and displayable full page view of: "Salt Lake

THE DAILY GEORGIAN, Savannah, June 5, 1840

• Very rare publication
• Antebellum periodical
• 21 years prior to Civil War

Rarely do we find antebellum newspapers from Savannah, but here is one. Various news

HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, December, 1851

• Herman Melville's Moby-Dick
• Early novel review - The Whale
• First introduction to the public

Near the back of the issue is "Literacy Notices"

HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, March, 1857.  Simply a great issue. Included are the following: ae early (pre-book) serialized portion of "Little Dorrit", by Charles Dickens, a lengthy

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, March 18, 1820  Taking over 3 pages is a continued report from the  Secretary of the Treasury on the "National Currency". Also within is over a page on the:

SEREN GOMER, Argraffwyr, Wales, (1834)

• Scarce Wales - Welsh periodical

A quite uncommon magazine from Wales, totally in the Welsh language. Although commonly spoken in the 19th century, its use had