Historic Newspapers: New Additions
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Item #698698THE EXAMINER & JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, Philadelphia, Oct. 30, 1833 The masthead includes: "Devoted to the Advancement of the Cause of State Rights and Free Trade." This is the volume 1, number 7 issue. This title existed for less than two years. We believe this is just the 2nd issue of this title we have offered in our 50+... Read full description -
Item #698631THE BACHELORS' JOURNAL, Boston, April 24, 1828 This is the first issue--volume 1, number 1--of a quite scarce title that existed for just 22 issues, through Sept. 18, 1828. This title is not listed in Gregory's "Union List of Newspapers".
Eight pages, 10 by 13 inches, never-trimmed margins, good condition. -
Item #698277TODAY AT THE FAIR, "Official Daily Program Of The New York World's Fair 1939", April 30, 1939 This is the first issue of a "newspaper" which existed only for the life of the Fair.
Eight pages, tabloid-size, a bit irregular at the blank margin, good condition. -
Item #698204ENGINEERFUL, July 24, 1945 This is a "camp" newspaper seemingly produced by an engineering unit, however no details are printed. A single sheet, typewriter-set piece, mostly military-related content. Included is a single-sheet photo montage headed: "VE DAY" with a cartoonish print of Hitler. Very nice... Read full description -
Item #698197THE PEOPLE'S LEDGER NO. 5, Lowell Massachusetts A newsletter "Devoted to Preparedness for Health & Prevention of Sickness" as noted in the dateline, which--by the way--has no date. But a bit of investigating indicates the date is about January, 1916. It is produced by the "C. I. Hood Company" which makes a variety of... Read full description -
Item #698000NATIONAL CONVENTION NEWS, "The Daily Newspaper for the 1992 Democratic National Convention ion", July 14, 1992 This is the volume 1, number 3 issue with the focus entirely upon the on-going Democratic Convention, which Bill Clinton would ultimately win.
Complete in 24 pages, tabloid-size, very nice condition. -
Item #697973LONDON CHRONICLE, England, April 14, 1759 Among the front page news from London is a brief but notable report about the death of George Frederic Handel, one of the more famous composers of the Baroque era. The report reads simply: "Yesterday died George-Frederick Handel, Esq; the great musician."
Although born in Germany, Handel settled in London in 1712 where... Read full description -
Item #697706THE NEW REPUBLIC, Lincoln, Nebraska, Sept. 3, 1896 This seems to be a prohibition-focused newspaper as much of the content would suggest. Some critical content on William Jennings Bryan content on the front page noting: "His Record! Bryan an Anti-Proihibitionist".
Four pages, good condition. -
Item #697705KANSAS KRITIC, Concordia, Oct. 17, 1888 In the masthead is; "An Advocate of the People; Defending Their Rights and Denouncing Their Wrongs".
Gregory's "Union List of Newspapers" notes that only two institutions have any holdings of this title, one of which has just a single issue.
Four pages, nice condition. -
Item #697701THE PRATTSBURGH NEWS, New York, Feb. 15, 1883 A volume 2 issue of this Upstate New York town. Various news and ads of the day.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, some wear at folds, good condition. -
Item #697700BOSTON, Sept. 17, 1880 This is a fascinating & extremely decorative souvenir newspaper published to celebrate the 250 year history of Boston, from its beginning in 1630 thru 1880.
See the huge & decorative masthead with vignettes of notable historic events. The front page has the Act of Incorporation of Boston from 1630, and the other... Read full description -
Item #697622High-resolution digital image of the NEW YORK JOURNAL AMERICAN--EXTRA, Sept. 1, 1939 (dramatic front page)
* World War II begins -- initial start
* Adolf Hitler defies the World
This 600 DPI digital image was taken from the original. It was one of the most dramatic front-page presentation covering the onset... Read full description -
Item #696367SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, May 7, 1870 It is subtitled in the masthead: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, and the Stage".
Close to half of page 4 is taken up with: "The Base Ball Field" which includes text and box scores for 3 games, but also includes a list of: "The Professional Club Nines....a list of the professional players of... Read full description -
Item #696254THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, March 4, 1766 Page 6 has a very notable report from Bristol, England: "Never was joy more general or citizens hearts more sensibly touched, than ours were last Monday, on hearing the favorable turn of the American affairs. The bells throughout the city rang incessantly the whole day and in the... Read full description -
Item #696185THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Aug. 15, 1767 A short report on page 6 is headed: "From the Virginia Gazette, Williamsburgh, Virginia" mentioning that John Randolph was appointed Attorney General, to replace Peyton Randolph. The balance of the issue is taken up with various reports from Europe from just 8 years before the outbreak of the Revolutionary... Read full description -
Item #696171THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, May 9, 1761 The entire front page and nearly half of page 2 are taken up with reports headed: "America" the full text of which is shown in the photos. Included is a letter signed in type from Fort George, New York, by: Cadwallader Colden, a lieutenant governor and acting governor for New York. There is... Read full description -
Uncle Tom's Cabin: a letter to the editor... First advertisement for the book 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'...Item #695882THE NATIONAL ERA, Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, 1851 Page 3 of this anti-slavery newspaper has a letter to the editor concerning this newspaper's serialization of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Keep in mind that this famous work was about halfway through its serialization at the time this letter was... Read full description -
Item #695635SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, Aug. 7, 1858 It is subtitled in the masthead: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Agriculture, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage".
Page 3 has a wonderful article: "Life On A Plantation" being a letter from Dr. Robert Gibbes: "...a medical gentleman who attended the slaves upon several of the... Read full description -
Item #695351THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Sept. 30, 1762 Pages 4 and 5 contain a nearly 3 column letter concerning issues in finding an appropriate treaty to end the French & Indian War (Seven Years' War in Europe).
The letter begins: "Among those who clamor against the supposed terms of peace, there are many... Read full description -
Item #695305NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Dec. 17, 1861 The format of this title at this time was advertisements on the front page with the wealth of Civil War reporting on inside pages. The back page features a Civil War map headed: "SHIP ISLAND AND ITS SURROUNDINGS". Column heads include: "THE EXPEDITION TO SHIP ISLAND" "Unobstructed Landing"... Read full description -
Item #694709THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Oct. 4, 1764 The front page has reports headed: "America - From the Quebec Gazette" which includes part of a letter to Colonel Burton at Montreal, from Oswego. It reports on a great meeting of the various Indian national at Niagara, "...the greatest ever known, being about 2000 Indians..." with some detail on what... Read full description -
Item #694438DAILY DISPATCH, Richmond, Virginia, Feb. 9, 1865 It is difficult to find Confederate newspapers from late in the war, such as this one.
The special content in this issue would be the two items concerning the recent passage of the historic Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution which prohibited slavery.
The... Read full description -
Item #694419THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, South Carolina, June 14, 1864 Among the front page column heads from this Confederate newspaper: "Interesting From Richmond' "Grant Changes His Base & Crosses the Chickahominy" "All Quiet in North Georgia" "Gen. S. D. Lee's Victory in the West" "Yankee Atrocities in Louisiana" "The Recent Naval Battle in... Read full description -
Item #694362THE WEEKLY RECORDER, Chillicothe, Ohio, Oct. 29, 1817 A very early Ohio newspaper rarely offered today. Our database indicates we only offered one other issue of this title, that being 12 years ago, and it was a damaged issue.
Complete in 8 pages, 10 by 12 1/2 inches, never bound nor trimmed, very nice condition. -
Item #694361THE CHRISTIAN VISITANT, "By A Layman", Albany, New York, Feb. 10, 1816 Very little can be found about this title as it is not in either Brigham's 'History & Bibliography of American Newspapers', nor Mott's 'A History of American Magazines'. The American Antiquarian database seems to indicated it lasted for just... Read full description -
Item #693818NEW YORK TIMES, June 3, 1862 The front page has a nice Civil War map headed: "SCENE OF THE GREAT BATTLE BEFORE RICHMOND" which makes it very displayable.
Also many first column heads including: "The Great Battle" "The Attack on Gen. Casey's Position" "The Temporary Disaster There..." "Gallant Bayonet Charge" "The Rebels Driven Back Like... Read full description -
Item #693726THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, April 25, 1758 Pages 5 and 6 have over a full column headed: "America" which begins with some reports from the Caribbean, then news datelined from Philadelphia noting in part: "...some men were going into the woods at Fort Edward for fire-wood, they were surrounded &... Read full description -
Item #693618THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Feb. 14, 1760 Most of the front page is taken up with: "The Speech of the Hon. Francis Fauquier, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia to the Council of the House of Burgesses" which is headed: "America".
In his speech he speaks much on the ongoing French & Indian War, noting: "...the dangers to... Read full description -
Item #693617THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Feb. 14, 1760 Most of the front page is taken up with: "The Speech of the Hon. Francis Fauquier, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia to the Council of the House of Burgesses" which is headed: "America".
In his speech he speaks much on the ongoing French & Indian War, noting: "...the dangers to... Read full description -
Item #692329THE MODERATE INTELLIGENCER: Impartially Communicating Martiall Affairs to the Kingdom of ENGLAND, May 17, 1649 Newsbooks were transitional periodicals between pamphlets & newspapers, but defined specifically as a periodical by having a set period of issuance, being consecutively numbered, and dated on a... Read full description -
Item #691678DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Aug. 30, 1852 Page 3 has: "A Fortnight Later From California" with many news reports. A few bits include: "...The condition of morals in San Francisco & other cities is rather improving...Emigration across the plains was very considerable...The Chinese emigration... Read full description -
Item #691616DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D. C., April 20, 1847 Pages 2 and 3 have much reporting on the Mexican War with articles headed: "The March to the Rio Grande" "Affairs in New Mexico--A Nineteen Days' Campaign--Details of the Several Engagements, etc." 'The Battle of Sacramento" in Mexico; "From Vera Cruz to Mexico" "Propositions... Read full description -
Item #691307CHARLESTON COURIER, South Carolina, March 14, 1803 A volume I issue of this famous title from the South.
The back page has ads headed: "Prime Negroes for Sale" with much detail, and another: "For Sale, 40 Valuable Negro Slaves".
Four pages, slightly irregular at the blank spine due to disbinding, nice condition. -
Item #691260THE STAR, Island of Guernsey (in the English Channel), Nov. 5, 1941 A very curious issue, as Guernsey, an English-speaking island, was occupied by the Germans during WWII so all the news was pro-Nazi.
Among the front page reports are: "Official German Reply To Roosevelt" "English-American Dissension" "Black Sea Harbor Town of Feodosia... Read full description -
Item #689996BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Feb. 14, 1857 The front page features an emblematic print of the: "State of Tennessee" with a related article.
Two pages have 4 prints showing: "Falls Near Ottawa City, Canada West" "Murray Bay, on the St. Lawrence" "Cape Trinity, on the Sanguinary River, Canada East" and the: "Falls of the Chaudiere, Near Quebec, Canada East" with... Read full description -
Item #689967RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, July 18, 1864 This issue has: "The War News--General Franklin's Escape--Yankee Transports Sunk--Grant Reported Killed--From North Mississippi--From Georgia" "From Our Forces In Mississippi" "Movements of Our Forces About Washington & Baltimore" "Reported Withdrawal of Our Forces From Before Washington"... Read full description -
Item #689944STARS & STRIPES, June 14, 1945 This was the: "Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations" as noted in the masthead.
The front page reports: "Okinawa Yanks Intensity Drives On 2 Jap Pockets" Negro Troops to Form 10.4% Of U.S. Army of Occupation" & more. One of the front page photos is a weeping General... Read full description -
Item #688159DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Sept. 22, 1862 A terrific and rare issue, as the front page has a nice account of the Battle of Antietam, headed: "Operations Of Our Army In Maryland---The Battle of Sharpsburgh--Northern Lies--Another Confederate Victory". Included also in the first column is a dispatched... Read full description -
Item #687286THE NEW-ENGLAND CHRONICLE, OR THE ESSEX GAZETTE Cambridge, Sept. 21, 1775 This title has a rather short lifespan in Cambridge existing from just May 12, 1775 thru April 4, 1776, less than a year. After the latter date the newspaper was removed to Boston.
The front page begins with a strong appeal by the City of London to the King concerning his... Read full description -
Item #686432THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, December, 1781 Certainly the most historic report in this issue--and perhaps in any issue from the Revolutionary War--is that near the back of the issue under the "Historical Chronicle". It begins with an editorial comment: "Gen. Washington's letter to the President of Congress on the surrender of the British... Read full description -
Item #686266THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, England, September, 1775
* Battle of Bunker Hill diagram - print
* John Hancock & George Washington
A nice issue with much historic content from the beginning months of the Revolutionary War.
Perhaps the best content is the very nice half page illustration of the "Redoubt & Intrenchment on the... Read full description -
Item #686000GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, September, 1778 This is a very historic issue with terrific coverage on the Battle of Monmouth as well as a wealth of other fine reports on the Revolutionary War.
The issue beings with: "Debates In Parliament" taking 5 pages and containing much discussion on the war with America, including in part: "...call the... Read full description -
Item #685844THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, May, 1779 A fine opportunity to purchase a magazine from during the Revolutionary War at a reasonable price, as we find almost no American content. At the back under the "Historical Chronicle" is mention that the New York, Quebec & Newfoundland fleets have set sail under the convoy of Admiral Arbuthnot. The... Read full description -
Item #685266MIST'S WEEKLY JOURNAL, London, Jan. 13, 1728 A quite rare title containing a wide variety of news of the day. Amongst the various reports are items on criminals and their crimes. A wealth of advertisements as well, consuming most of pages 3 and 4.
Four pages, never-trimmed margins, full red tax stamp on the front page, 10 by 13 inches, very nice... Read full description -
Item #682117NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 24, 1864 Among the front page one column heads are: "GRANT" "The Struggle of Sunday for the Weldon Road" "Warren Victorious" "SHERIDAN" "A Battle Near Charlestown, Va." "The Union Forces Driven Back" "Loyal Citizens Leaving for Places of Safety" "FARRAGUT" "News From New Orleans" and more.
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Item #682006NEW YORK HERALD, July 25, 1864 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "SHERMAN" "The Battles of Wednesday, Thursday & Friday Last" "Major General McPherson Killed" "The Rebels Repulsed With Great Loss" "The Maryland Raid" "Details of the Pursuit of the Raiders to the Shenandoah Valley" "Social Revolution in Kentucky"... Read full description -
Item #681618NEW YORK HERALD, May 11, 1864 The front page features a Civil War map headed: "The Battle Of The Wilderness".
Among the nice first column heads are: "RICHMOND !" "Grant's Army in Splendid Condition" "Warren's Corps in a Stubborn Fight on Sunday" "The Rebels Without Rations" "The Rebel Accounts" "Panic In Richmond" and more. Much text on the... Read full description -
Item #679632THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Nov. 5, 1666 A very early issue of the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1666 and is still publishing today.
Included among the reports is one from Norwich referencing the Great Plague which afflicted much of Europe at this time: "Our bill of mortality for this last week... Read full description -
Item #678265NATIONAL ANTI-SLAVERY STANDARD, New York, Nov. 3, 1842 As the title would suggest, an anti-slavery newspaper from 19 years before the Civil War.
Among the articles: "Henry Clay" "Henry Clay & His Slaves" "United States Oppression" "Clay & Slavery" "Anti-Slavery Items" which concerning: "The Philadelphia Slave Case".
Of... Read full description -
Item #678248GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, October, 1780 Inside has a lengthy & very detailed letter from Lord Cornwallis to Lord Germain on the battle of Camden, S.C., which begins: "It is with great pleasure that I communicate to your lordship an account of the...victory obtained on the 16th inst. by his Majesty's troops under my command over the rebels of the... Read full description
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