NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 17, 1868 

* Lynching of Samuel Bierfield
* First Jew lynched in United States
* Jews - Jewish - Judaica item
* Ku Klux Klan - KKK members

The front page has: "Murderous Outrage at Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn. - Two Men Shot Dead" which is the account of the killing of a Jewish shop owner and his black employee by 15 masked men on horseback.
The shop owner, Samuel Bierfield, is believed to be the first Jew lynched within the United States.
Eight pages, slightly irregular at the spine, good condition.