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NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 23, 1803

• Lewis and Clark Expedition begins
• Louisville, Kentucky - Ohio River
• re. Louisiana Purchase success

This is a wonderful issue on the recently concluded Louisiana

WINDSOR FEDERAL GAZETTE, Vermont, Feb. 21, 1804

• re. The Louisiana Purchase

Page 2 hasa report: "LOUISIANA" noting: "The bill giving effect to the Laws of the United States in Louisiana, which had

SALEM REGISTER, Massachusetts, Nov. 7, 1803

• Historic Louisiana Purchase
• Expansion of the United States

Page 2 has a report from Senate headed: "Louisiana" noting in part: "Be it enacted, That the

SPOONER'S VERMONT JOURNAL, Windsor, Nov. 15, 1803

• Historic Louisiana Purchase
• Expansion of the United States

Taking nearly the entire front page and a small bit of page 2 is the full text of the:

SALEM REGISTER, Massachusetts, Nov. 3, 1803

• Historic Louisiana Purchase
• Expansion of the United States

Beginning on the front page is the complete text of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty with the two

THE CONNECTICUT COURANT, Hartford, July 27, 1803

• The Louisiana Purchase Treaty

A very historic issue, as page 3 contains: "By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation" for

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, July 23, 1803

• The Louisiana Purchase Treaty
• Signed by U.S. & France ministers

Page 2 has: "By the President of the United States...A PROCLAMATION" calling for a special

THOMAS'S MASSACHUETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, June 29, 1803

• The Louisiana Purchase Treaty

Page 3 has an historic report headed: "IMPORTANT NEWS !  LOUISIANA CEDED TO THE UNITED STATES" with the

WINDSOR FEDERAL GAZETTE, Vermont, Sept. 13, 1803

• Pre Louisiana Purchase ratification
• President Thomas Jefferson

The front page has an interesting article headed: "A Comparative View of the

THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, July 27, 1803

• President Thomas Jefferson
• re. the Louisiana Purchase

Page 2 contains: "Washington - By the President of the United States of America. A

THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 24, 1874

• The Great Mississippi Flood of 1874
• Lower Mississippi Valley - Louisiana

The top of page 7 has one column headings: "THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD" "Piteous Appeals of the

LE LOUISIANAIS, Convent, Louisiana, June 4, 1870

• Very rare publication from the deep South
• St. James Parish during the reconstruction era

A scarce title which existed from 1865 thru 1883, but of

SALEM REGISTER, Massachusetts, July 25, 1803  Page 3 has: "A Proclamation" signed by the President; Th. Jefferson, calling for a special session of Congress.
This is followed by a very historic

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1, 1948

• Cotton Valley, Louisiana
• Tornado destroys town (1st report)

This 22 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "11 ARE DEAD

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington D.C., Feb. 28, 1811

• Louisiana Territory

Page 3 has: "An Act to enable the people of the Territory of Orleans to form a constitution and state government, and for

BOSTON GAZETTE, Aug. 1, 1803

• Louisiana Purchase close

Page 2 has an editorial headed: "Louisiana" in which the writer debates the merits of the Louisiana Purchase. Some interesting commentary.
Four

THE WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, March 28, 1812  Inside has lengthy reporting from the "House of Representatives" which includes discussion headed: "State of Louisiana" concerning Louisiana joining

THE WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, March 28, 1812  Inside has lengthy reporting from the "House of Representatives" which includes discussion headed: "State of Louisiana" concerning Louisiana joining

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, March 7, 1863  The front page has a large print showing Black soldiers captioned: "Pickets of the First Louisiana 'Native Guard' Guarding the New

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, February 20, 1933

• Nelson Nash, Negro lynching - hanging
• Ringgold, Bienville Parish, Louisiana

The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "LOUISIANA MOB LYNCHES NEGRO AFTER

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER, New York, December 13, 1884  The front cover is entitled "Louisiana -- Preliminary Views of the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition at New

BOSTON GAZETTE, July 25, 1803

• The Louisiana Purchase Treaty

Page 2 has: "By the President of the United States...A PROCLAMATION" calling for a special session of Congress, signed in type: Th.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 4, 1934

• Grafton Page negro lynching
• Bethany, Louisiana
• Adolf Hitler elections

This 26 page newspaper has small one column headlines on page 4: "LAY LYNCHING TO

NEW YORK HERALD, April 15, 1873

• Colfax massacre of 1873 Louisiana
• Former Confederate soldiers
• African Americans - freedmen

The top of page 7 has one column headings: "The Negro Riot In Louisiana"

THE INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE, Boston, July 11, 1803

• The Louisiana Purchase Treaty
• Signed by U.S. & France ministers
• Expansion of the United States

This newspaper has one of the more decorative mastheads

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, July 10, 1934

• Nikola Tesla- father of the radio
• Bastrop, Louisiana Negro lynching
• Outlaw John Dillinger hunted

Page 8 has one column headings: "LOUISIANA NEGRO LYNCHED"

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, February 18, 1938

• Rodessa, Louisiana tornado
• Caddo County disaster
• Oil boom town wrecked

The front page has a great banner headline: "20 DIE IN LOUISIANA TORNADO" with subheads

SPOONER'S VERMONT JOURNAL, Windsor, May 3, 1803

• Prelude to Louisiana purchase
• Early 19th century publication
• President Thomas Jefferson era

With considerations for the purchase of the Louisiana

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Nov. 2, 1803  The top of the front page has an historic notice headed: "Louisiana Treaty" announcing the ratification of the treaty by the Senate by which the United

WINDSOR FEDERAL GAZETTE, Vermont, Aug. 2, 1803  Page 2 has: "By the President of the United States of America, A PROCLAMATION" calling for Congress to convene to deal with the hoped for Louisiana

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, March 7, 1863  The front page has a large print showing Black soldiers captioned: "Pickets of the First Louisiana 'Native Guard' Guarding the New

WINDSOR FEDERAL GAZETTE, Vermont, June 28, 1803  The front page has a lengthy report headed: "Horrid Cruelty of Bonaparte!"
Page 3 has an item noting: "Dispatches were received...from Mr. Monroe.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 26, 1922

• Mer Rouge, Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
• Ku Klux Klan - KKK lynchings - murders

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "PRISONER HELD FOR MER

THE WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, March 28, 1812  Inside has lengthy reporting from the "House of Representatives" which includes discussion headed: "State of Louisiana" concerning Louisiana joining

LE LOUISIANAIS, Convent, Louisiana, Nov. 23, 1878  This four-page Reconstruction-era issue features pages 1 and 2 printed in French and pages 3 and 4 printed in English, reflecting the region's rich

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, July 10, 1934

• Andrew McLeod negro lynching
• Bastrop, Louisiana

This 22 page newspaper has one column headings on page 3: "Attacker of Girl Lynched in South"

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Indiana, May 7, 1873

• Post Colfax massacre - riot
• St. Martinville Parish, Louisiana
• Unrest continues in the State

The top of page 9 has one column headings that include:

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, April 5, 1923

• Pineville, Louisiana
• Tornado disaster

This 14 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "TORNADO KILLS 20, INJURING 60"

Tells of the

ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, August 11, 1896

• Hahnville, Louisiana
• Lynching of Italians

This 4 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "TRIPLE LYNCHING BEE",

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 16, 1904  The front page has "The Festival Hall, the Central and Dominating Structure of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition" with an accompanying article. Inside

THE GLOBE, Washington D.C., May 19, 1840

• Louisiana land for sale
• President Martin Van Buren

The front page has a notice issued by the President concerning a sale of public land in Louisiana, signed

SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUME THE SIXTEENTH OF THE WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, (1819).
Page 42 begins: "Province of Texas" which includes a "...brief history of an expedition in 1812 and 1813, from Louisiana

THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, Nov. 16, 1803

• The Louisiana Purchase Treaty
• President Thomas Jefferson

Page 3 contains: "AN ACT" relating to the Louisiana Purchase, it stating: "An

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington City, June 4, 1812  The front page has: "An Act Supplementary to an act entitled An act for the admission of the state of Louisiana into the Union, and to extend

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 10, 1873 Front page illustration: "The Meadow Brook Disaster - Sticking To His Post"; Two illustrations on the San Salvador Earthquake; Nice full page; 'An Indian

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 28, 1863  The full front page is a print of: "Major-General Hooker, Commanding the Army of the Potomac". .But perhaps the most notable print is the nice

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 14, 1901 Front page illustration William McKinley; The Shooting of the President; How New York Received the News; St. Louis - "Most American of American Cities";

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 9, 1863  The entire front page is taken up with a print: "On Picket Duty in the Swamps of Louisiana". Inside two half pages show: "Brashear City, Berwick's Bay, La.,

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 31, 1883  Full front pg. illus. of "A Salmon Wheel on the Columbia River, Oregon." Inside is full pg. illus. containing five illus. pertaining to "The Lacustrine

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, August, 1763  Certainly the most significant item is the nearly 3 1/2 page article: "An Account of the Commerce of Louisiana" which is very detailed.
It includes: