Historic Newspapers: Key items from our latest catalog.
NEWARK DAILY ADVERTISER, New Jersey, April 3, 1865 A very notable issue as page 2 has a late-breaking report received: "By Telegraph this Afternoon" of the fall of Richmond, the capital of the… more
THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET & DAILY ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, May 4, 1789 Mot of page 3 is taken up with reports on the: "Proceedings of Congress" with datlines of April 28, then April 29, under the… more
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 6 1962 The banner head announces: "MARILYN MONROE DIES; PILLS BLAMED" with a subhead: "Unclad Body of Star Found on Bed Near Empty Capsule Bottle". Near the bottom of the… more
DAILY EVENING TRAVELLER, Boston, April 3, 1865 A terrific issue as the front page features one of the best single-column stack of headlines we've seen for this event, noting both that Petersburg… more
Large sheepskin document from England "This Indenture" in ornate lettering at the top with engravings within, dated near the top: "...in the year of or Lord one thousand seven hunbdred and… more
GAZETTE, Paris, France, Feb. 2, 1641 (date listed at the bottom of the back page). This title was the very first regular newspaper published in France, started in 1631 by Théophraste Renaudot but… more
THE BATTERY, Washington, Aug. 17 1848 This was a campaign newspaper supporting Zachary Taylor for President and Millard Fillmore for Vice President.
In the era before radio, television, and the… more
GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, Philadelphia, Dec. 9, 1790 Page 3 has an article on the first meeting of Congress on December 6, 1790 at the temporary capital at Philadelphia since it's move from New… more
NEW ORLEANS ITEM--2nd EXTRA, Aug. 14, 1945 Certainly one of the more dramatic issues on the end of World War II to be found, with the entire top half of the front page taken up with "P E A C E !"… more
THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, November 21, 1861 This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted that slavery should not be abolished, so much of its content has an anti-North bias.
Page 6 has an article… more
THE PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL & THE WEEKLY ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, Oct. 27, 1781 A wonderfully historic issue and nicely presented, as the details of Cornwallis surrendering to Washington at Yorktown,… more
THE WATCHMAN, Oswego, New York, February, 1850 Almost nothing is known about this title. It is not listed in Gregory's "Union List of American Newspapers", nothing can be found on the internet, and… more
NEW-YORK TIMES, March 10, 1862 Front page heads beginning at the top of the first column describe the events of the most famous naval engagement of the Civil War, the battle of the Monitor vs.… more
PANHANDLE INTERSTATE, Lipscomb, Texas, Aug. 30, 1889 A very rare newspaper, as Gregory's "Union List of American Newspapers" believes it existed from 1887 to 1893, however, only one American… more
NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 20, 1862 Page 5 contains one of the more moving articles on the horrors of war, brought home to the residents of New York through an exhibition of "Pictures of the Dead at… more
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