Item # 210795
February 23, 1871
THE SAG HARBOR EXPRESS, Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York, Feb. 23,
1871 An uncommon title from this once-famous whaling town near the
eastern end of Long Island, now more famous as a playground for the
rich & famous who frequent the neighboring Hamptons. The ftpg. has
a small, comical bit: "A gentleman having a pony that started &
broke his wife's neck, a neighbor told him that he wished to purchase
it for his wife to ride upon. 'No', says the other, 'I will not sell
the little fellow because I intend to marry again." Pg. 2 has a short
item on the discovery of oil in Sag Harbor. Other news of the day &
a wealth of ads. Never bound nor trimmed, bit of browning to the front
page, folio size, quite nice.
Category: Post-Civil War










