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First printing of "The Blue and the Gray"...
Item #690307
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, (Boston), September, 1867 * Francis Miles Finch
* The Blue and the Gray
* 1st printing (nationally)
This literary magazine contains the *first nationally distributed printing of the famous Civil War themed poem by Francis Miles Finch, "The Blue and the Gray." The preface to the poem is a quote from the New York Tribune, providing context: "The wo... See More
Josh Billings....
Item #207083
September 03, 1867
UNION DEMOCRAT, Manchester, N.H., Sept. 3, 1867 Humorous front page item headed: "Josh Billings and the Gong", containing the usual oddly-spelled words typical of Billings works. Bit of lite fold foxing, but none in this content.
Buffalo Soldiers attacking Indians...
Item #173126
September 07, 1867
HARPER'S WEEKLY, Sept. 7, 1867 Ftpg: 'Waiting For the Pawn Shop To Open--a N.Y. Street Scene'. 1/4pg: 'Cheyenne Indians Attacking a Working Party on the Union Pacific R.R.' & also: 'Colored Troops Attacking Indians Near Wilson Creek Sta.'. Great dblpgctrfld: 'Public Garden & Commonwealth Ave., Boston'. Halfpg: 'Cable Landing at South Beach, Key West&... See More
From Vicksburg, just a few years after the Civil War...
Item #701239
September 13, 1867
VICKSBURG REPUBLICAN, Mississippi, Sept. 13, 1867 A volume one issue from this key city along the Mississippi from during the Civil War.
Four pages, irregular at the spine from disbinding but not affecting any text. Otherwise in good condition.
Negro girl being whipped... Sheridan's ride...
Item #173128
September 14, 1867
HARPER'S WEEKLY, Sept. 14, 1867 Most of ftpg: 'Whipping A Negro Girl in N.C. by Unconstructed Johnsonians' with text as well. 3/4 pg: 'Sheridan's Ride'. Nice fullpg: 'The Last Shot' shows a soldier off his horse, shooting an Indian with a tomahawk about to kill him.
Complete in sixteen pages.
Sheridan illustration...
Item #567959
September 14, 1867
HARPER'S WEEKLY, September 14, 1867 (print only) This is a single leaf full page print taken from this issue entitled "Sheridan's Ride" which has an accompanying poem under the illustration. This is a genuine leaf from the issue--not a reprint measuring approximately 10.25 x 15.5 inches and is in good condition.
New York City Fire Department...
Item #638524
September 14, 1867
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 14, 1867 This issue has a 1/3 page illustration "The Metropolitan Steam Fire Engine, No. 1., Employed by the New York Fire Department" with an accompanying article "Steam Fire Engines". Also within this issue is:"Howard's Patent Horse Rake"; "Franklin's Suspended Lever Scale"; and additional illu
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Early post Civil War baseball... Philadelphia Athletics...
Item #561999
September 17, 1867
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, September 17, 1867
* Early post Civil war baseball
* Philadelphia Athletics
Page 2 has a report headed: "Out-Doors Sports" "Base Ball--Athletic of Philadelphia, vs. Atlantic, of Brooklyn" with reports on 2 games (see). The first notes:
* It is not an over-estimate in placing the assemblage at 20,000 gathered at the Union Ball Grounds yes... See More
Concerning the remains of John Wilkes Booth...
Item #551968
September 19, 1867
NEW-YORK TIMES, NY, September 19, 1867
* John Wilkes Booth
* Mother's wish denied
Page 5 has a report from Baltimore: "The Government Refuse to Give the Remains of Wilkes Booth to His Brother"
The Report reads: "Mr. Edwin Booth...has made application again for the remains of his brother, pleading...that his mother, being very aged, craves the dead body... See More
Admiral Farragut... Seal hunting...
Item #173130
September 21, 1867
HARPER'S WEEKLY Sept. 21, 1867 Full front pg. illus. of "The Raccoon Hunt." Inside: 1/3 pg. illus. of "Disaster to Shipping in the White Sea." 2/3 pg. illus. of "Seal Hunting as Practiced by the Norwegians." 1/3 pg. illus. of "Fairmount Water Works, Near Philadelphia." Small illus. of "Whale Captured Near Tiverton, Rhode Island." 1/2 pg. illus.... See More
Horace Greeley...
Item #173132
September 28, 1867
HARPER'S WEEKLY, Sept. 28, 1867 Full ftpg: 'Horace Greeley Delivering the Opening Oration' of the American Institute. Great fullpg: 'Hop Picking--A Western N.Y. Sept. Scene', halfpg: 'Registration at the South--Scene at Asheville, N.C.', 1/3 pg: 'The Sangerfest at Indianapolis'
Complete in sixteen pages.
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