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  • Paul Revere's son in the bell foundry business...
    Item #710244
    BOSTON DAILY ADVERTISER, Feb. 21, 1822  

    * Paul Revere's son

    The front page has an illustrated ad for "Joseph W. Revere..."Factory and ship Bells..." with a bit more.
    Joseph was the 3rd Paul Revere's 8 children, taking over the bell foundry business from his father in 1811.
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  •  - James Monroe...

    Item #208561
    NEW-HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT AND STATE GAZETTE, Concord, NH March 4, 1822 On the front page under an engraving of an eagle and shield is a Treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States and the Dey and Regency of Algiers, signed in type: James Monroe. Subscribers name written above the masthead.
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  • Document signed by President Monroe...
    Item #599067
    RHODE ISLAND AMERICAN, Providence, March 15, 1822  Page 2 has over a column headed: "Independence of S. America" which is a document from the President to Congress, signed: James Monroe. Also: "Interesting Trials" "Bankrupt Bill" "Latest From Europe" and more.
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  • Slave trader Adolphus Lacoste...   The Macedonian to pursue pirates...
    Item #713265
    NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, April 20, 1822  Page 2 has a report: "The Slave Trade" that begins: "A. Lacoste, of Charleston, S.C. who was convicted at Boston in 1820 of being engaged in the slave trade & condemned to five years imprisonment & the payment of a fine of $3,000,... Read full description  

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  •  - 1822 James Monroe Act...

    Item #210864
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, April 24, 1822. On the front page under a woodcut of an eagle and shield is An Act to authorize the State of Illinois to open a canal through the public lands to connect the Illinois River with Lake Michigan, signed in type: James Monroe. Also two other acts and a resolution signed in type by Monroe as well. Other news of the day... Read full description  
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  •  - Cumberland Road Bill in 1822....

    Item #217485
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, May 15, 1822.
     
    * Cumberland Road Bill for tolls vetoed

    On the front page under Cumberland Road Bill is word that the President returned the bill for erecting toll gates on the Cumberland Road, his reason being ...that the Constitution does not authorize Congress to pass a bill of this kind.... Says that the... Read full description  
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  • James Monroe signatures...
    Item #571083
    NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT & STATE GAZETTE, Concord, New Hampshire, May 20, 1822

    On the front page under "Laws Of The U. States" are seven "Acts" each signed in type: James Monroe. One of the acts provided "for the relief of the purchasers of public lands prior to the first day of July, eighteen hundred and twenty," This issue... Read full description  
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  • Natural Bridge caverns...  Early Florida colony...
    Item #549464
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Massachusetts, May 25, 1822 

    * Natural Bridge caverns 
    * Watertown, New York
    * Early Florida colony 


    Page 2 has a brief report that says: "A stupendous Cavern has recently been discovered in Jefferson county, N.Y. which has been explored 100 rods"

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  •  - 1822 Unicorn Killed in Africa?...

    Item #200230
    SALEM GAZETTE, Salem, Mass., June 21, 1822 A detailed report under "The Unicorn" describes the head of a beast killed in Africa and then brought to a museum in London. Includes an engraving of the beasts head which resembles a rhinoceros, although some thought it to be the "Unicorn of Holy Writ". First leaf has a small piece missing in the outer... Read full description  
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  •  - Lt. Perry drowns in 1822...

    Item #219828
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, MA, dated July 10, 1822.
     
    * Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry brother drowns

    Page 2 has a report: The native places of the naval officers who were lately drowned on the coast of Chili, were as follows: Lt. Perry, Rhode Island, a brother of Com. Perry... Other news of the day includes: "Fourth Of July" "Horrid Murder" "Navy... Read full description  
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  • Early periodical from Western Pennsylvania...
    Item #616729
    THE PITTSBURGH RECORDER, Pennsylvania, August 1, 1822  The volume 1 number 28 issue of a quite uncommon and very early periodical from Western Penna. Content is primarily religious & includes: "Palestine Mission - Journal of Mr. Parsons, from The Time When He left Jerusalem"; "Naval and Military Bible Society";... Read full description  
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  •  - Stingray fish in 1822

    Item #219864
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Aug. 10, 1822.
     
    * A Stingray shocks man in Portland Maine ?

    A pg. 2 report states that an individual from Portland ...took on one of the islands of that town, a Torpedo (Raja Torpedo) measuring nearly 18 inches in diameter. In securing it he received three electrical shocks....It is rare that these fish are found so far...... Read full description  
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  •  - 1822 James Monroe...

    Item #219965
    NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT & STATE GAZETTE, Concord, Aug. 26, 1822.

    * James Monroe Naval act
    * 19th century Concord New Hampshire

    The front page has: An Act making appropriations for the support of the Navy of the United States for the year 1822..., signed in type: James Monroe. Two other acts also signed in type by Monroe. Other news of the day includes:... Read full description  
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    Item #593645
    GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, Sept., 1822 Inside in the "Obituary " section is a report about the death of Percy Bysshe Shelly, one of England's foremost authors of the 19th century, and husband of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. Octavo-size, 90 pgs., full title/index pg., nice condition.
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  • Early for Western Pennsylvania...
    Item #680386
    THE PITTSBURGH RECORDER, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5, 1822

    * Early Western Pennsylvania

    The volume 1 number 33 issue of a quite uncommon and very early periodical from Western Penna. 
    Included are reports headed: "Pitcairn's Island" "Revival of Religion" "Island Creek Sabbath School" and more.
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  • Very early on ventriloquism...
    Item #597167
    RHODE ISLAND AMERICAN, Providence, Sept. 10, 1822 

    * Uncommon title

    Page 3 has an interesting and unusual article taking close to have a column titled: "Ventriloquism" (see photos). Four pages, very nice condition.
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  • Early for Western Pennsylvania...   Much on the Northwest coast....
    Item #686297
    THE PITTSBURGH RECORDER, Pennsylvania, Oct. 3, 1822

    * Early Western Pennsylvania

     The volume 1 number 37 issue of a quite uncommon and very early periodical from Western Penna. 
    Near the back two pages are taken up with a lengthy & very detailed: "Account Of The North-West Coast".
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  • Early for Western Pennsylvania...
    Item #654093
    THE PITTSBURGH RECORDER, Pennsylvania, October 17, 1822  The volume 1 number 49 issue of a quite uncommon and very early periodical from Western Penna. 
    Articles within are: "Russia, as a Field for Missionary Effort"; "Anecdote of Boerhave"; "Christian Fidelity"; "Pittsburgh Sabbath School... Read full description  
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  • Major Long's Rocky Mountain Expedition...
    Item #204123
    NEW-HAMSHIRE PATRIOT & STATE GAZETTE, Concord, Oct. 21, 1822 On the front page under "Expedition To The Rocky Mountains" is a lengthy extract from the "History of the Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains". The expedition was led by Maj. Long in 1819. Takes most of three columns. Hole in unrelated content... Read full description  
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  • Early for Western Pennsylvania...
    Item #688687
    THE PITTSBURGH RECORDER, Pennsylvania, Oct. 24, 1822  A volume one issue of a quite uncommon and very early religious periodical from Western Penna.
    Sixteen pages various foxing throughout, 5 1/4 by 8 1/2 inches, good condition.
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    Item #575782
    BOSTONIAN & MECHANICS JOURNAL, Boston, November 2, 1822 

    * Uncommon Title 

    As noted at the top of the front page, this relative uncommon title is: "...devoted to science, arts, and miscellany...". Four pages, small folio size, never-trimmed margins, nice condition.
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  • Fur trading in the Northwest...
    Item #659555
    NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 9, 1822  Featured is a nice report on fur trading in the Northwest. See images for details.
    Additional articles provide news from various regions throughout America, and include political reporting.
    Complete in 16 pages, 9 3/4 by 6 1/4 inches, a bit of foxing, overall good condition.

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  •  - Capital of Maine in 1822.....

    Item #219975
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Nov. 16, 1822.
     
    * Capital of Maine location ?
    * Early 19th century periodical


    A front page report under Capital of Maine says: A committee of the Legislature of Maine...have recently visited Portland, Brunswick and Hallowell, for the purpose of designating a central and suitable place for the permanent seat of... Read full description  
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  • Exploration and Expeditions...
    Item #548986
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, November 23, 1822 

    * Sante Fe New Mexico 
    * Camanche Indians
     

    A page 2 report from St. Louis says: "Col. Cooper's party have returned from their commercial enterprise to Santa Fe....they found no difficulty in traversing the wilderness with their wagons which they drove into Santa Fe....The people of... Read full description  
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  • Champlain Canal Completed...
    Item #219560
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Dec. 7, 1822.

    * Champlain Canal Completed
    * Lake Champlain to Hudson River
     
    Pg. 2 has a report: ...The last stone of the Canal, from Lake Champlain to [the] Hudson River, was laid by Gov. Clinton, on the 28th. ult. On this route are 46 mile of artificial and 15 1/2 of improved natural navigation.--There are 21 locks. The... Read full description  
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  • Bellows Falls, Vermont in 1823...
    Item #597483
    BELLOWS FALLS INTELLIGENCER, Vermont, January 20, 1823  This newspaper has news of the day, topical articles and a few advertisements. An uncommon title.
    Complete in four pages, untrimmed, in good condition.
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  • A possible Mormon connection?  Two influencing events?
    Item #684989
    NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER Baltimore, April 5, 1823

    * Jews and Mormons ?

    An inside page has a brief report noting: "...that the society for meliorating the condition of the Jew, are now engaged in a negociation for 20,000 acres of land in the 'Genesee country' for a Jewish colony. Will the Jews work on it?"
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  •  - James Monroe...

    Item #206988
    NEW-HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT & STATE GAZETTE, Concord, May 12, 1823 On the ftpg. under a woodcut of an eagle is: "An Act to regulate the Commercial Intercourse between the United States and certain British colonial ports," signed in type: James Monroe. Subscribers name written above the masthead, two foxing spots in this content.
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  • Blackfoot Indians...   The slave trade...
    Item #689401
    NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Aug. 23, 1823  Among the reports is a 4 1/2 page continued article: "Christian Indians". Also: "Indian War concerning the Blackfoot Indians in t he Fort Atkinson vicinity.
    Also: "Emigration" "The Pirates" in the Caribbean; "Catskill Mountains" "The... Read full description  
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  •  - Early Erie Canal In 1823...

    Item #212063
    MASSACHUSETTS SPY, Worcester, Aug. 27, 1823 Pg. 3 has a brief report from a Utica paper stating that 44 boats arrived there last week through the Erie canal with details about the various cargo transported by the boats, including 3050 gallons of whiskey. Other news of the day includes: "Presentation Of A Military Standard" "Indian Massacre" "The Presidency"... Read full description  
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  • William Parry... Arctic explorer...
    Item #587293
    THE OBSERVER, Salem, Massachusetts, Sept. 20, 1823

    * Arctic explorer William Parry
    * Upper Savage islands - Repulse Bay, Nunavut


    The front page has: "The N. West Expedition" which begins: "The last accounts from Capt. Parry's expedition were of the 22d July, 1821, when he was near the Upper Sauvage Islands, steering...for Repulse... Read full description  
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  • Unusual masthead...   features the Holy Bible...
    Item #601225
    JOHN BULL, London, October 5, 1823

    * Unusual masthead that features the Holy Bible
    * Uncommon title


    The unusual masthead of this title features an engraving of a crown place upon the Holy Bible. Beneath the engraving are the words: "For God, The King, And The People!"

    This has all ads on the front page, some commentary & the... Read full description  
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    Item #151796
    THE NATIONAL GAZETTE AND LITERARY REGISTER, Phila., Oct. 25, 1823 "Reflections On Volcanos By Guy Lussac" takes three columns on the ftpg. and part of a column on pg. 2. These "reflections" were read before the Royal Academy at Paris. Traces of foxing, otherwise good.
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  • David Ricardo's Death....
    Item #221241
    NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT & STATE GAZETTE, Concord NH, December 1, 1823.
     
    * Death of David Ricardo

    This 4 page newspaper has one page under: "Deaths" is: "In England, David Ricardo, esq. a Member of the British Parliament, and one of the most profound financiers of the age. He was of the Jewish Religion; and while a barber, amassed a... Read full description  
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  • 1824 Circus...
    Item #220105
    BOSTON COMMERCIAL GAZETTE, Jan. 3, 1824.
     
    * Circus Notice

    On page 3 under Circus are details about the performances, including the grand equestrian melodrama of Timour The Tartar. Other news of the day includes: "Mr. Booth", "Daring Attempt at Robbery", "Another Circus", and more. Other ads as well. Lite staining in the upper left... Read full description  
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  •  - Carrier's Address To Patrons...

    Item #208700
    NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT & STATE GAZETTE, Concord, Jan. 5, 1824 The front page has: The Post Boys Address To The Patrons of the New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette. Takes 2 1/3 columns. Hole affects two words in the address, bit of lite fold foxing.
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  • A short-lived newspaper...
    Item #690619
    THE MICROSCOPE & INDEPENDENT EXAMINER, Albany, New York, May 19, 1821  This is the volume 1, number 11 issue of a somewhat uncommon title, existing until 1824.
    The front page has an unusual item by: "Jacob Fearnot, Governor & Commander in Chief in and over the state of North Gotham..." being a Proclamation concerning a circus (see... Read full description  
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  • From the nation's capital...
    Item #698884
    NATIONAL JOURNAL, Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 1824  A somewhat uncommon title from the nation's capital, existing for about 8 years. This is the volume 1, number 22 issue.
    Four pages, never-trimmed margins, very nice condition.
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  • Historic newspaper item #150655
    Item #150655
    SUPPLEMENT TO THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, (Washington), Feb. 11, 1824 A folio-size singlesheet, most of which is taken up by a "Speech Of Mr. M'Lane, (Of Del.)". Traces of foxing but mostly nice. Untrimmed.
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  • Beginning the development of Florida...
    Item #700950
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, March 13, 1824  

    * Development of Florida beginning

    The front page has 3 Acts Acts of Congress, 2 signed in type by the President: James Monroe, one of which is: "An Act to Authorize the Laying Out & Opening Certain Public Roads in the Territory of Florida".
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  • James Monroe has land & property for sale...
    Item #702817
    NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, March 18, 1824  The bottom of the front page, under "Land For Sale", is a detailed notice that begins: "For sale, my tract of land in Albemarle County, heretofore my residence..." and more about the location of the property as well as the various amenities and improvements. The ad... Read full description  

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  • Act signed by Monroe...
    Item #557612
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Massachusetts, April 10, 1824

    * President James Monroe act
    * United States Military

    On the front page under an engraving of the Great Seal is: "An Act making appropriations for the Military Service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four...", signed in type: James Monroe.

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  • An Act on Lobster Fishery...
    Item #557180
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Massachusetts, April 17, 1824 

    * Lobster Fishery act 
    * Gloucester, Massachusetts 


    The front page has: "An Act regulating the Lobster Fishery in the town of Gloucester."

    Page 3 has a report about the final performance of the Liliputian Minstrels at Pantheon Hall.

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  • Pair of issues on the suppression of the slave trade with England...
    Item #708019
    NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, June 5 and 12, 1824  This is a pair of consecutive issues covering the agreements with England and the various documents and discussions relating to the: "Suppression of the Slave Trade" which was enacted in 1824.
    Several documents are signed in type by the President, James... Read full description  

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  • Act of Congress on the front page...   Andrew Jackson as a candidate for President...
    Item #700948
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, June 9, 1824  The front page has an Act of Congress: "An Act Enabling the Claimants to lands Within the Limits of the State of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas in institute Proceedings to try the Validity of their Claims".
    Also on the front page: "General... Read full description  
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  • Light Houses...
    Item #150118
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, June 30, 1824 The ftpg. has an "Act" for the construction of "Light Houses, Light Vessels & Beacons" at many listed locations. Good condition.
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  • Emigration of freed slaves...
    Item #580974
    NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, July 3, 1824  An inside page has report headed: "Emigration of the Free Blacks", which tells of their colonizing on the island of St. Domingo, taking over 2 1/2 pages.
    Complete in 16 pages,  6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches, lite foxing, otherwise is in good condition.

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  • Pirates' rights...  Plea for a Washington Monument...
    Item #631459
    NEW YORK PATRIOT, July 15, 1824  Items include: "Free Trade & Pirates' Rights" "Cause of the Separation of Lord and Lady Byron" "General La Fayette" . The back page has: "Washington Monument" which is a plea to create one, not to begin until 1848.
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  • Historic newspaper item #150145
    Item #150145
    THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, July 29, 1824 Pg. 3 has: "Capture Of Pirates" re. action near Matanzas.
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  • Gold mining in Aruba...
    Item #150329
    NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, August 28, 1824  See the photo for the short article on an inside page concerning gold mining in Aruba. An uncommon account.
    A complete, 16 page issue measuring 6 by 9 1/2 inches, scattered foxing throughout but causing no loss of readability.
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