Historic Newspapers: Bonus Catalog Items (newly added)

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Richmond, Virginia, July 6, 1863

• Historic Battle of Gettysburg
• From the Confederate perspective

Not only is this a nice newspaper from the Confederacy, but it is from the

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 30, 1930

• Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Army Cadets
• 2nd to last collegiate game coached by Knute Rockne
• From the city where the game was played (very rare)

Here is truly a

THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1863

• President Abraham Lincoln
• State of the Union Address
• Rare pro-Confederate publication

This issue is significant in that it published on page 6 the:

THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, Massachusetts, April 4, 1768  Inside has most of a page taken up with a letter from the Speaker of the Mass. Assembly to one of the King's Secretaries of State, which includes:

NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 5, 1861

• Rabbi Morris... Morris Jacob Raphall
• The Biblical view of slavery
• B'nai Jeshurun (Manhattan Synagogue)

The last column of the front page is taken up with a lengthy

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, December 8, 1937

• Ted Williams acquired by the Boston Red Sox
• Very early mention prior to his MLB baseball debut
• Great to have in a hometown newspaper title

This

NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 13, 1849

• California gold rush
• 49ers

The front page has  2 1/2 columns taken up with the writings of Bayard Taylor, headed: "Bayard Taylor's Letters....No. V" "The Isthmus

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 14, 1863  Over half of the front page is taken up with a print: "The War In The Southwest--Adjutant-General Thomas Addressing the Negroes in Louisiana on the

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Massachusetts, August 4, 1855  The front page shows: "Chantrey's Statue of Washington, at the State House, Boston" Among the prints within are: "East India Silk Worm"

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 1, 1859  The top of page 1 features prominent column coverage on the shocking Washington murder case under the multi-line headings: "The Sickles Tragedy", "A Preliminary

THE DAILY DELTA, New Orleans, Nov. 24, 1850  Newspapers from the pre-Civil War South are rather difficult to find. Here is one from Louisiana.
Among the back page ads is one headed: "Slaves! Slaves!

HARPER'S WEEKLY (single print), New York, Dec. 3, 1864  This authentic, stand-alone, full-page woodcut engraving features Winslow Homer's poignant holiday illustration, "Thanksgiving Day in the

THE HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES (1899 Edition), by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Published in Chicago by Donohue, Henneberry & Co., this un-dated late 19th-century decorative cloth edition features Nathaniel

VERMONT GAZETTE, Bennington, Dec. 11, 1838  Part of page 1, all of page 2, and extending onto page 3 are devoted to the complete printing of the "MESSAGE of the President of the United States to the

HARPER'S WEEKLY (single print), New York, Nov. 29, 1862  This authentic, stand-alone, full-page woodcut engraving features Winslow Homer's spirited wartime illustration, "Thanksgiving in Camp,"