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  • From New Orleans before the Civil War...
    Item #650700
    THE WEEKLY CRESCENT CITY, New Orleans, Aug. 29, 1841  One of our earliest offerings from New Orleans. Among various articles are: "Louisiana" "The Gaines' Case" "The Long Tongue" "The St. Louis Murder" and so much more.
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  •  - William Henry Harrison...

    Item #208716
    NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT AND STATE GAZETTE, Concord, Sept. 2, 1841. Pg. 3 has: Funeral Expenses Of William Henry Harrison, Late President of the United States. Quite a detailed list of the expenses. Small area of foxing on pg. 3, other traces of foxing.
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  •  - John Tyler Veto Message...

    Item #209206
    THE CORRECTOR, Sag-Harbor, September 15, 1841. Page 2 has The Second Veto Message Of President Tyler addressed to Congress and signed in type: John Tyler. Concerned the Fiscal Bank Bill. Archival mend to a small fold tear at the spine, otherwise in good condition.
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  • Early newspaper account o the Florida Everglades...
    Item #648834
    NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 25, 1841 

    * Early Florida Everglades

    The bkpg. has a very early article on: "The Everglades" which begins; "The Pay-hai-o-kee, grass-water of Everglades, comprises a large portion of Southern Florida...and separated from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico by a pine... Read full description  
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  • An "Extra" edition printed upon arrival of a ship from Europe...
    Item #602468
    NEW YORK HERALD -- EXTRA, Oct. 22, 1841  An uncommon single sheet issue with a much different masthead, which includes: "Arrival Of The Columbia At Boston. Sixteen Days Later From Europe." Obviously this was a separate printing containing news from Europe as received from the ship Columbia. But this news... Read full description  
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  • From Charleston, 20 years before the Civil War...
    Item #698629
    THE CHARLESTON COURIER, South Carolina, Nov. 2, 1841  A typical newspaper of the day, although most of the pages seem to be consumed with advertisements.
    Four pages, two creases, good condition.

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  • The HMS Caledonia...
    Item #563895
    NEW YORK HERALD, EXTRA, New York, NY, November 20, 1841

    * Rare HMS Caledonia broadsheet extra

    A folio-size single sheet extra with a banner head just below the masthead: "Arrival Of The Caledonia At Boston" & a banner subhead: "Twelve Days Later From Europe".

    Has news from London & some ads on the ftpg. & all ads on the reverse.
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  • Indian treaty... burning of Steamboat Erie...
    Item #590278
    NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Dec. 4, 1841  The front page has: "Treaty with Wyandott Indians" which includes: "... the "Wyandott nation were assembled y the Chiefs in General Council o the 20th and 22d instant, to vote upon the question of selling to the United States all their lands in Ohio, and emigrant... Read full description  
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  • Front page illustration of Prince De Joinville...
    Item #624559
    THE WEEKLY HERALD, New York, Dec. 4, 1841  The top of the front page features a nice: "Portrait of the Prince De Joinville" as well as text: "Magnificent Farewell Dinner at the Astor House to the Prince De Joinville..." which is accompanied by an illustration of the layout of the ceremonies (see). Somewhat rare... Read full description  
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  •  - Santa Anna...

    Item #206930
    MANCHESTER REPRESENTATIVE, Manchester, N.H., Dec. 10, 1841 Front page: poem: "The Death of the Flowers. By W. C. Bryant". Brief report on pg. 2: "Santa Anna is now said to be...established as Dictator in Mexico. It is also reported that he will...march into the Mexican territory, with an army of 10,000 men.". Bit of lite rubbing on the front page, traces of foxing.
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  • Manchester, New Hampshire...
    Item #207077
    MANCHESTER MEMORIAL AND PEOPLES, HERALD, New Hampshire, Dec. 22, 1841  Has literary content, topical reports, bits of news, and ads. Nice masthead.
    Has a small hole at the fold juncture, a few stains above the masthead, and a foxing spot in the middle.
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  •  - Jamaica Long Island NY Carrier's Address...

    Item #209705
    LONG-ISLAND DEMOCRAT, Jamaica, N.Y., Jan. 4, 1842. Taking a full column on the front page is the Carriers Address Of The Long-Island Democrat. Others news of the day including reports on the slave trade, James Glentworth Speech, amendments to the constitution, Wall Street Crash and much more. Staining in the lower right corner, bit of... Read full description  
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  • New Year's Address to Patrons...
    Item #208732
    MANCHESTER REPRESENTATIVE, New Hampshire, Jan. 7, 1842

    * New Year's Address

    The front page has the New Years Address To the Patrons of the Representative. Small hole in unrelated content affects each leaf. Foxing in the upper left quarter of the ftpg., with a bit in this content, a few foxing spots.
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  • Seated Liberty Dollar...
    Item #549712
    DOLLAR WEEKLY, New York, January 8, 1842 

    * Seated Liberty Dollar 
    * Uncommon title 


    The masthead has an engraving of a dollar coin, the cost of a yearly subscription.

    Back page has an engraving of "Street Sweepers" and a lengthy report about an Irish sweeper. A volume I issue (number 7) of this uncommon title.

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  • Texan poem...  1842 U.S. Census Report...
    Item #220003
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York, January 14, 1842
     
    * Texan poem - "Oh, Texas!"
    * 1842 U.S. census - state by state data

    The front page has a six stanza poem: "Oh, Texas!", one of the stanzas reading: "Should a man be harrass'd with a wife that wears away his very life, Thou bid'st him to hasten... Read full description  
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  • Niagra Falls...  Pneumatic Railroad...
    Item #560948
    NEW YORK HERALD, New York, February 2, 1842

    * American Musuem
    * Niagara Falls - Early railroad


    Page 2 has a report about the attractions at the American Museum, including a model of the city of Dublin, the "Falls of Niagara, with real water", the Grand Cosmorama, the Pneumatic Railroad and some of the performances.

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  • Charles Dickens...   John Tyler...
    Item #597365
    SALEM REGISTER, Salem, Massachusetts, Feb. 3, 1842  Page 2 includes a letter concerning "Temperance" signed in type by: John Tyler, followed by a letter signed in type by: Charles Dickens, prefaced with: "Mr. Dickens believes in Animal Magnetism. Here is the evidence..." (see photos).
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  • Franklin Pierce resigns from the Senate...
    Item #206563
    NEW-HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT AND STATE GAZETTE, Concord, March 10, 1842  On pg. 2 under "Mr. Pierces Resignation" is a letter from Franklin Pierce to Gov. Page resigning his seat in the U.S. Senate, signed in type: Franklin Pierce.
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  • Charles Dickens visits America...
    Item #713669
    THE WEEKLY HERALD, New York, March 12, 1842  The front page has among some one-column heads: "Three Important Matters--Arrival of Charles Dickens (Boz) and Lady..." with the article beginning: "The distinguished lion of literature, Charles Dickens, accompanied by his beautiful lady, arrived in our city yesterday afternoon from Philadelphia..."... Read full description  

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  • The More Things Change... The More They Stay The Same... - Jamaica Long Island NY Carrier's Address...

    The More Things Change... The More They Stay The Same...

    Item #211297
    LONG-ISLAND DEMOCRAT, Jamaica, N.Y., March 15, 1842. Taking more than a full column on the front page is a timely letter to the Superintendent of Common Schools of the State of New York concerning a potentially inappropriate book found in the school's library titled "The Cabinet of Curiosities, or Wonders of the World... Read full description  
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  •  - Franklin Pierce Letter...

    Item #203350
    MANCHESTER REPRESENTATIVE, Manchester, NEW HAMPSHIRE, March 18, 1842

    *Franklin Pierce Informs the Senate of His Resignation
    *Textual Sketch of Pierce's Career


    A page 2 letter signed in type: Franklin Pierce informs the Senate of his resignation from that body. Also a textual sketch of Pierce's career under "The Honorable Franklin Pierce". First leaf has a... Read full description  
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  • Letter on Mexico and Texas issues...
    Item #574818
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York, April 1, 1842  Page two of the issue contains a lenghty letter datelined Bastrof, March 10th, 1842 which is reporting on the conditions between the Mexicans and Texas, with the reporting of the Mexican Calvary of 800 and the Texans of 75. Other news, advertisements, some of which are illustrated, are within the... Read full description  
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow sails for Havre, France...
    Item #652811
    NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 24, 1842  Although quite inconspicuous, page 3 shows "Passengers Sailed... Havre... Ship Villa de Lyon... Professor Longfellow, Cambridge". We believe this to be H. W. Longfellow, and the destination to be Le Havre, France.
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  •  - Texas in 1842...

    Item #217637
    The NEW YORK HERALD, dated May 4, 1842.
     
    * Anti Santa Anna letter - Texians - border disputes

    The front page has: Texas The Position of Texas--The Conduct of Mexico towards that Country--Call on the People of the United States and Texas. A powerful and emotional letter, addressed to Texians, that begins: Your soil has been desecrated by the unhallowed feet... Read full description  
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  • "Governor" Dorr and the Dorr Rebellion...
    Item #645756
    NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, May 14, 1842 

    * Dorr Rebellion - Rhode Island arsenal attack

    Page 5 has news headed: "Rhode Island" which is consumed for information on the Dorr Rebellion, including an address by the rival governor Thomas Dorr, prefaced with: "The revolutionary legislature passed an act for the... Read full description  
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  •  - Seated Liberty Dollar in 1842....

    Item #222723
    DOLLAR WEEKLY, N.Y., May 21, 1842.
     
    * Seated Liberty Dollar masthead

    Has an engraving of a dollar coin in the masthead, the cost of a yearly subscription. The front page has a 3 by 3 1/4 inch engraving: Meeting Of The Antipodes and a humorous caption.

    Has two other engravings inside. Seveal topical reports throughout. A volume I issue... Read full description  
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  • Great issue on the Dorr Rebellion...
    Item #645757
    NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, May 21, 1842 

    * Dorr Rebellion - Rhode Island arsenal attack

    Pages 2, 3 & 4 contain a great deal on the Dorr Rebellion, including a lengthy "statement" to President John Tyler concerning the state of affairs in Rhode Island as a result of the Dorr Rebellion, with his response signed in... Read full description  
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  • Brief item on the Creole slave ship mutiny case...
    Item #646665
    NILES'S NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, June 11, 1842 
    The back page has an article headed: "The Creole Case", which concerns a slave ship upon which the slaves mutinied, a rather infamous event in American history.
    The Creole case was the result of an American slave revolt in November, 1841 on board the Creole, a... Read full description  
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  • Dorr guilty of treason?...
    Item #704477
    NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, June 25, 1842 

    * Dorr Rebellion - Rhode Island arsenal attack
    * Governor Thomas Wilson Dorr
    * Mormons in Hancock County, Illinois


    Page 3 ha a report which is a follow-up to the Dorr Rebellion, noting in part: "...his charge to the grand jury alluded to the recent events in that state & defined... Read full description  
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  • Opening of the great Croton Aqueduct...
    Item #665157
    NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1842 

    * Croton Aqueduct opens
    * New York City water


    The front page has an article of significance to those in New York City: "Opening Of The Croton Aqueduct" begins: "Monday last was  great day for the city of New York; for on that day was opened...the stupendous work... Read full description  
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  •  - Nathaniel Hawthorne...

    Item #208609
    LONG ISLAND DEMOCRAT, Jamaica, N.Y., Aug. 1, 1842 Taking much of the front page is a short story: The Threefold Destiny. A Fairy Legend. by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Also a poem: Life. By William Cullen Bryant. Subscribers name written above the masthead. Lite foxing.
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  •  - Concord New Hampshire...

    Item #209317
    NEW-HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT AND STATE GAZETTE, Concord, Aug. 4, 1842 On the front page under Impeachment of the President are the charges which Mr. Botts proposed to prefer against the President. Stray writing above the masthead, some fold foxing, otherwise in good condition.
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  • John Quincy Adams....
    Item #221799
    NEW-YORK COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER, Aug. 18, 1842
     
    * John Quincy Adams
    * Veto message


    The front page has: Mr. Adams's Report On The Veto Message, signed in type: John Quincy Adams, and by several others. Other news of the day includes: "A Tornado" "Naval Court Martial" "The Cunard Steamers" and more.

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  •  - Webster... Ashburton Treaty...

    Item #201733
    MANCHESTER REPRESENTATIVE, Manchester, N.H., Sept. 2, 1842 On pg. 2 under "A Treaty" is the text of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, signed in type: Ashburton & Daniel Webster. Treaty settled various disputes between the U.S. and Great Britain, including the northeastern boundary with Canada. Three areas of lite to moderate foxing, with a bit in the text... Read full description  
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  •  - Seated Liberty Dollar Coin 1842 News...

    Item #213667
    DOLLAR WEEKLY, Phila., Sept. 17, 1842.
     
    * Seated Liberty
    * Dollar Coin Masthead
    * Print
    * 1842 Original News


    The masthead has an engraving of a dollar coin which was the cost of an annual subscription. Page 3 report: Great, Bloody and Brutal Prize Fight between Otis Lilly and Tom McCoy--Death of McCoy.

    Other news of the day includes: "The... Read full description  
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  • Liberty Dollar Coin 1842...
    Item #218407
    DOLLAR WEEKLY, New York, Oct. 8, 1842

    * Liberty Dollar coin

    Has an engraving of a dollar coin in the masthead, the cost of an annual subscription. Back page has an engraving and caption: The Young Thief. A volume I issue (number 46). Some of the topics in this issue include: "The Prize Fighters", "Western Railroad", "Mr.... Read full description  
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  • 1842 Croton Aqueduct...
    Item #576352
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York City, October 10, 1842 

    * Croton Aqueduct opening 
    * New York City water
     

    Page 3 has a small report headed: "Croton Celebration" which regards the upcoming opening of the famous Croton Aqueduct. Nice to have in a New York City title.

    Other news of the day with many ads. Complete in 4 pages, nice... Read full description  
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  • 1842 Croton Aqueduct....
    Item #576680
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York City, October 10, 1842

    * Croton Aqueduct opening
    * New York City water


    Page 3 has a small report headed: "Croton Celebration" which regards the upcoming opening of the famous Croton Aqueduct. Nice to have in a NYC title.

    Other news of the day with many ads. Complete in 4 pages, nice condition.
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  • Croton Aqueduct....
    Item #577038
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York, October 12, 1842

    * Croton Aqueduct opening
    * New York City water


    Page 2 has a small report headed: "Grand Croton Celebration--General Illumination of New York" which regards the upcoming opening of the famous Croton Aqueduct. Nice to have in a NYC title.

    Other news of the day with many ads. Complete in 4 pages, minor... Read full description  
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  • An "Extra" edition of this famous newspaper...
    Item #700956
    NEW YORK HERALD---EXTRA, Oct. 24, 1842   This "Extra" edition is a smaller size format with the entire four pages taken up with: "A Full Report of the 15th Fair of the American Institute". There are no ads nor any other reports.
    Four pages, 11 1.2 by 15 3/4 inches, nice condition. 
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  •  - Dollar Coin Newspaper...

    Item #209328
    DOLLAR WEEKLY, N.Y., Oct. 29, 1842 The front page has an engraving and a lengthy caption: The Militia Captain. Has an engraving of a dollar coin in the masthead (the cost of an annual subscription). Tattered and few tears in the outer margin of each leaf, bottom margin is a bit tattered, lite dampstaining in the lower half, otherwise good.  4 pages.
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  • Pre-Civil War broadside "extra"...
    Item #596300
    NEW YORK HERALD, EXTRA, Dec. 7, 1842  A broadside "Extra" (printed on one side only) providing the latest news from the recent  "Arrival of the Steamship Columbia" from Europe. Some of the subheads include: "Melancholy Loss of the convict Ship Waterloo, Bound for Sydney--250 Lives Lost Out of 330" "List of... Read full description  
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  • Last survivor of John Paul Jones' crew from the Revolutionary War...
    Item #671411
    NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, December 31, 1842  The back page has an item: "The Last of The Crew of Paul Jones" which concern the death of Thomas Chase, the last survivor of the crew of John Paul Jones: "...when engaged with two British ships of War..." and noting his hearing was... Read full description  
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  • Last survivor of John Paul Jones' crew from the Revolutionary War...
    Item #714613
    NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Dec. 31, 1842  The back page has an item: "The Last of The Crew of Paul Jones" which concern the death of Thomas Chase, the last survivor of the crew of John Paul Jones: "...when engaged with two British ships of War..." and noting his hearing was impaired: "...having been... Read full description  

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    Item #150175
    THE PERFECTIONIST, Putney, Vermont, 1843  This is the earliest Oneida Community newspaper we have from just 2 years after its founding. This small folio-size newspaper only published twice a month, by J. H. Noyes & J. L. Skinner. Within these 4 pages the editors espouse their... Read full description  
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  • Columbus arriving in the "new world"...
    Item #153082
    THE NEW WORLD, New York, 1843  Basically a literary newspaper although there are some news items near the back. The masthead features a nice engraving showing Columbus arriving in the "New World", hence the title.
    Note that the photo is "generic" and the issue you get will not have this specific date but will have the... Read full description  
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  • Louisville before the Civil War...
    Item #153088
    LOUISVILLE WEEKLY JOURNAL, Kentucky, 1843  Somewhat rare to find pre-Civil War Kentucky newspapers. This is a nice issue with various news of the day and a wealth of ads. Library stamp on the front page, some light dirtiness, generally good.
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  • Historic newspaper item #539417
    Item #539417
    Collection of seven receipts dated 1843, most from the "corporation of New York" for various services rendered. Most measure about 3 1/2 by 8 in. some wear at edges, mostly good (see photos).
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  •  - 1843 New Year's Carrier's Address...

    Item #216973
    SUPPLEMENT TO THE COURANT, Hartford, Jan. 7, 1843.

    * Carriers' Address Poem
    * Hartford, Connecticut

    The entire front page and one-third of page 2 are taken up with the: "New Year's Address to the Readers of the Connecticut Courant", which is the lengthy poem considered the "Carrier's Address"  and typically found in the first issue... Read full description  
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  •  - Ransom Cook On Convicts In 1843...

    Item #215056
    NEW YORK STATE MECHANIC, Albany, Feb. 4, 1843.
     
    * Ransom Cook
    * The Employment of Convicts

    Mr. Cook's Report On The Employment Of Convicts takes all of the front page, and all of pages 2 and 3, signed in type: Ransom Cook.

    Other topics include: "The Piano Forte" "Discovery Of Coal In New York" "Self Made Men" and more. Quarto-size, 8 pages,... Read full description  
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