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Rare SACRAMENTO CA Capital of California OLD WEST Era 1868 Original Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 373198491616

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper:  SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION, California, Nov.12, 1868   * Wild Old West * Rare title * Post Civil War This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the old West back when cowboys, Indians, saloons, gold miners & gunfights were often seen on a regular basis. Very early for California. Nice condition.

ULYSSES S. GRANT General Order No. 11 JEWS Reply to Adolph Moses 1868 Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 392782084587

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 30, 1868 * General Ulysses S. Grant * General Order No. 11 - Jews Page 5 has a very significant Judaica item headed: "Letter From General Grant on the Hebrew Question." This relates to Ulysses S. Grant's General Order #11 from during the Civil War, known as the infamous "Jew Order". A website has further details on Grant's controversial order which is considered to be the most anti-Semitic official act in American history. As Wikiipedia notes, Grant's General Order #11 and antisemitism became an issue during the 1868 presidential campaign. In a letter, published after the election, Grant sought to unequivocally distance himself from General Orders No. 11: "Grant's self-serving expl... See More