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Item #700812THE GENERAL EVENING POST, London, Feb. 16, 1792
* St. Clair's Defeat - Battle of the Wabash
* Native American forces vs. U.S. Army
The front page has a report mentioning Captain Bligh, of mutiny on the Bounty fame, concerning his travels in the South Pacific.
The back page has a letter from New York concerning General St. Clair at... Read full description -
Item #700811THE GENERAL EVENING POST, London, Feb. 23, 1792
* President George Washington
* "Wallace Oak Box" presentation
The back page has a report of a gift to President Washington from Scotland, mentioned in a letter from Philadelphia. It notes: "...was presented to the President of the United States a box, elegantly mounted with... Read full description -
Item #700808THE NORTHAMPTON MERCURY, England, June 29, 1767
* Silk manufacturing in the Colonial South
Page 2 has reports headed: "America" one of which is from Charleston and the development of the silk business in South Carolina.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, very wide margins, very nice condition. -
Item #700804THE NORTHAMPTON MERCURY, England, Feb. 27, 1769
* Rare British publication
The front page--carrying over to page 2--with reports from the Caribbean, etc. Also reports taken from the Massachusetts Gazette.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed with wide margins, very nice condition. -
Item #700801THE NORTHAMPTON MERCURY, England, Dec. 9, 1771 Page 3 has reports headed: "America" with datelines from Charleston and Boston. Bits include: "...a chief of the Mohawk Tribe of Indiana...arrived in town & have had several conferences with...Lieutenant Governor...to make a general... Read full description
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Item #700798THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, Scotland, Nov. 23, 1759 From during the French & Indian War with page 2 containing a related item noting: "...In consequence of the taking of Louisbourg, upwards of 20,000 French people, who were settled in different sorts of trade & business in the country round about have... Read full description
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Item #700797THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 25, 1968
* Early Bob Dylan photo
* Back from 18 months of exile
* Woody Guthrie memorial
* Carnegie Hall, Manhattan
* Maharishi Mahesh Yogi w/ photo
The front page has a photo showing a young Bob Dylan coming back from 18 months of exile to take part in a memorial for Woody Guthrie at... Read full description -
Item #700795THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, Scotland, June 13, 1758 From during the French & Indian War with page 2 having: "Plantation News" with datelines from Kingston, Jamaica; Boston, and New York.
Four pages, 9 1/4 by 14 1/2 inches, full red tax stamp on the front page, nice condition. -
Item #700794THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, Scotland, Dec. 26, 1758 From during the French & Indian War with page 2 having: "Plantation News" with datelines from Annapolis Albany, Boston, and New York, all with reports concerning the French & Indian War.
Four pages, 9 1/4 by 14 1/2 inches, partial red tax stamp on the front page,... Read full description -
Item #700792PUE'S OCCURRENCES, Dublin, Ireland, April 15, 1758 An early Irish newspaper with various news reports from throughout Europe with some ads & notices as well. The front page has a brief item from the House of Commons noting: "...Resolved, that a sum...for defraying the charges incurred by... Read full description
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Item #700789THE YORK CHRONICLE, England, Nov. 3, 1787
* Rare 18th century publication
A nice newspaper from the UK with mostly European reports and ads.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, full red tax stamp on the front page, small wear hole to the front leaf, minor rubbing.
AI notes: The York Chronicle was a prominent weekly newspaper published in... Read full description -
Item #700787THE YORK CHRONICLE, England, Nov. 23, 1787 A nice newspaper from the U.K. The back page has an: "American Anecdote" from the Revolutionary War.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, with a nice, full red tax stamp on the front page, nice condition.
background: The York Chronicle was an influential newspaper in York, England, founded in 1772... Read full description -
Item #700784THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, May 30, 1963
* "Dr. No" - 1st James Bond movie- film
* Opening day (America) premiere
* Actor Sean Connery - Ian Fleming
The bottom of page 11 has a 3 1/2 x 3 inch advertisement for the American premiere of: "Dr. No" This ad is for that very first showing of this iconic film in New York... Read full description -
Item #700782LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jan. 29, 1991
* Death of Red Grange
* "The Galloping Ghost"
* Illinois football halfback
* Chicago Bears - NFL
The bottom of the front page has a small photo with small heading: "Red Grange Dies" (see image)
The top of the front page of the sport's section has a one column heading: "'20s Star Grange, 87,... Read full description -
Item #700781THE OMAHA DAILY NEWS, Nebraska, November 23, 1925
* Red Grange - Galloping Ghost
* Illinois Fighting Illini - College football
* Chicago Bears signing - NFL
The sport's section (page 7) has a two column heading: "Grange Signs to Play With Bears on Thanksgiving" (see images) First report coverage on the famous Illinois... Read full description -
Item #700778THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., June 26, 1940
* University of Washington Huskies crew
* Wins national championship in rowing
* Babe Ruth & Ty Cobb charity golf match
The top of page 20 has a three column heading: "Washington Crew Retains Intercollegiate Rowing Championship with Incredible Ease" with subhead. (see... Read full description -
Item #700777FEDERAL GAZETTE & BALTIMORE DAILY ADVERTISER, Maryland, Dec. 16, 1796
* President George Washington
* Retirement from public service
The front page includes 18 illustrated ship advertisements.
Page 3 has a letter signed in type: George Washington, in response to another letter about his retirement from public... Read full description -
Item #700773FEDERAL GAZETTE & BALTIMORE DAILY ADVERTISER, Nov. 24, 1796 The front page includes 13 illustrated ship ads. The back page has an interesting ad headed: "To Be Sold....Upwards of 100 Negroes..." with various details. Also an ad: "For Sale, on a Credit, Two strong, healthy NEGRO MEN..." with details.
Four pages, great... Read full description -
Item #700771FEDERAL GAZETTE & BALTIMORE DAILY ADVERTISER, Sept. 26, 1796
* Rare 18th century American publication
* re. President George Washington's retirement
The front page has 22 illustrated ship ads.
Page 3 has a nice report: "The Resignation of The President of the United States" which notes in part: ... Read full description -
Item #700770FEDERAL GAZETTE & BALTIMORE DAILY ADVERTISER, Aug. 6, 1796
* President George Washington
Over half of the back page is taken up with: "An ACT laying duties on carriages for the conveyance of persons, & repealing the former act for that purpose." which is signed in type by the President: Go. Washington.
The back page... Read full description -
Item #700764FEDERAL GAZETTE & BALTIMORE DAILY ADVERTISER, Maryland, June 11, 1796 Much of pages 2 and 3 are taken up with reports from Congress concerning debates on the controversial Jay Treaty with England. Also 20 illustrated ship ads.
The front page has an ad: "For Sale, For the term of 10 Years, A Likely healthy Negro Girl..." with details.
Page... Read full description -
Item #700752DAILY DISPATCH, Richmond, Virginia, May 5, 1862
* Jefferson Davis proclamation
* From the capital of the Confederacy
A nice issue from the capital of Confederacy. front page items include: "Spirit of the Southern People" "An Agreeable Rebellion" "A Flag of Truce--Interesting Particulars".
Page 2 has:... Read full description -
Item #700746THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, September 2, 1946
* 1st United States Women's Open Golf Championship
* Patty Berg becomes 1st ever winner
The sport's section (page 12) has a one column heading: "Patty Berg Wins All Pro Finals" (see) First report coverage on the very 1st U.S. Women's Open which was won by Patty Berg... Read full description -
Item #700745
THE WASHINGTON POST, Washington, D.C., December 7, 1973
*Gerald R. Ford is sworn in as V.P. - in a Washington D.C. newspaper
The front page has the full-banner headline: "Ford Sworn In as Vice President" with subheads and a related photo. Additional reports are found within, including related photos.
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Item #700743NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., May 15, 1860
* Slave ship - slaver "Wanderer"
* Last documented shipment of slaves
* South Carolina court decision
Page 2 has over half a column taken up with: "Decision On The Slave Trade" which deals with the rather infamous case of the slave... Read full description -
Item #700742THE CIRCULAR, Oneida, New York, Feb. 28, 1861 Page 3 has a report: "Mr. Lincoln In Washington" noting in part: "Considerable surprise & excitement were occasioned through the country by the report...that Mr. Lincoln had arrived in Washington...and that his sudden departure from Harrisburg for Washington... Read full description
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Item #700739THE WORLD, New York City, May 10, 1919
* 1st winner of the American Triple Crown
* Kentucky Derby (1st of 3 wins)
This 28 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 18: "Eternal Slight Favorite for the Kentucky Derby" with subhead: "Billy Kelly and Sir Barton, the Ross Entry..." and list of horses entered into the great... Read full description -
Item #700728THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 22, 1932
* Jack Sharkey vs. Max Schmeling
* Heavyweight boxing championship fight
* Nikola Tesla - father of radio
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "70,000 SEE SHARKEY OUTPOINT SCHMELING TO WIN WORLD TITLE" with subheads. (see images) Much more in the sport's section (pages... Read full description -
Item #700719CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 9, 1929
* Al 'Scarface' Capone - Chicago Beer baron
* Serving 1 Year Jail term - Avoids murder for hire
* Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia transfer
* Best publication to be had (very rare as such)
The front page has a one column heading: "Haul Capone to Penitentiary in Armored... Read full description -
Item #700714DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., May 15, 1856 Page 2 has an interesting and rather lengthy report from nearly 10 years earlier headed: "Has Congress Power to Institute Slavery?" taking over a full column.
Four pages, large folio size, irregular at the spine with binding indents, otherwise good condition. The folder size... Read full description -
Item #700713DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., May 14, 1856
* Bleeding Kansas
* Missouri border invasion
* War on slavery
Page 2 & 3 have reports from Congress during which the situation in Kansas achieved some attention. One report notes: "The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of the special order, being the bill to... Read full description -
Item #700711DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., May 7, 1856
* Sacking of Lawrence
* Pro-slavery settlers
* Bleeding Kansas
* Sheriff Samuel J. Jones
Page 3 has a report headed: "Attempted Assassination In Kansas" which reports on the attack upon Sheriff Samuel Jones.
Wikipedia has a nice piece on this,... Read full description -
Item #700710DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., May 17, 1856 Page 3 has a report headed: "The Committee of Inquiry In Kansas" which takes over half a column to detail the latest in that troubled territory, with much on events around Lawrence.
"Bleeding Kansas describes the period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between... Read full description -
Item #700707DAILY MORNING CALL, San Francisco, April 9, 1873
* Modoc War - Lava Beds
* Captain Jack fame
The top of the front page has a column headed: "THE MODOCS" "The Commissioners to make One More Effort to Effect a Peace" "Terms, 'Surrender, and Leave the Lava Bed'--Treachery Feared--Hostile Indians Treated... Read full description -
Item #700705DAILY MORNING CALL, San Francisco, March 29, 1873
* Modoc War - Lava Beds
* Captain Jack fame
The top of the front page has a column headed: "THE MODOCS" "Another Reconnaissance by General Gilles--The Peace Commission Effecting Nothing--The Indians Ready to Make Peace if they Can Have Their Home on Lost River" with... Read full description -
Item #700694FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, March 22, 1862
* Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia
* Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (CSS Virginia)
* Civil War ironclads clash
The front page has a print of a soldier shooting, as well as a lengthy article: "The Naval Battle in Hampton Roads" which featured the historic battle between... Read full description -
Item #700691GLEASON'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Aug. 12, 1854 In the format of the Illus. London News and the later Harper's Weekly, with a very ornate masthead engraving of the harbor at Boston.
Among the prints within: "O.H. Perry on the front page, with text. Inside includes 2 pages with 6 prints of "French Foot Chasseurs" or... Read full description -
Item #700690GLEASON'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Nov. 25, 1854 A title much like the more popular "Harper's Weekly" being tabloid-size with several pages of prints. This title actually precedes Harper's, which did not begin publication until 1857. The masthead features a very decorative engraving of Boston Harbor.
Perhaps the... Read full description -
Item #700689GLEASON'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Dec. 23, 1854 In the format of the Illus. London News and the later Harper's Weekly, with a very ornate masthead engraving of the harbor at Boston.
Among the prints within: "The Holy Land" "Church of the Holy Sepulcher, at Jerusalem"; four prints on the: "Siege of... Read full description -
Item #700687THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, March 5, 1862
* Confederate president Jefferson Davis
* Inauguration at Richmond, Virginia
The most notable content would be the lengthy back page report headed: "Inauguration of Jeff. Davis as President of the Bogus Confederacy" as taken from the Richmond Enquirer... Read full description -
Item #700686PORTRAIT MONTHLY, New York, February, 1864
* Some leaders during the American Civil War
This was an off-shoot of the New York Illustrated News. Each month the Portrait Monthly featured woodcut engravings of the leading generals and politicians of the war, North and South, along with capsule biographies, news, stories, poetry, and... Read full description -
Item #700682THE WEEKLY MESSENGER, Boston, Sept. 8, 1815 There is much on Napoleon after the historic Battle of Waterloo, with: "Cessation of Hostilities" "Note In Buonaparte's Hand-writing" "Bonaparte's Port-Folio" "Bonaparte In London" "Of the Future Government of France"... Read full description
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Item #700679THE WEEKLY MESSENGER, Boston, Aug. 18, 1815
* Death of General Andrew Jackson (false)
The most interesting report is on page 2: "DEATH OF GEN. JACKSON" which includes a report: "...that the hero of N. Orleans is no more--he was challenged by Col. Benton but refused to fight him, and Benton afterward met him and... Read full description -
Item #700678THE WEEKLY MESSENGER, Boston, July 21, 1815
* Capture of HMS Penguin
* Tristan da Cunha
* Dartmoor Prison
* Post War of 1812
Nearly a full column on the front page is taken up with: "Official Account of the Capture of the Penguin" which was the last action of the War of 1812.
This report is the... Read full description -
Item #700676THE WEEKLY MESSENGER, Boston, June 2, 1815 The front page has most of a column taken up with: "The Slave Trade". Nearly half of the front page is tan up with: "Gen. Wilkinson's
Trial".
In 1811 Wilkinson was accused of spying for the Spanish, becoming the highest ranking official in U.S. history ever to face an... Read full description -
Item #700675NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 30, 1865
* Confederate General Robert E. Lee
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "THE SOUTH" "The Rebels Not Prepared for the Spring Campaign" "Sad Howl Over the Miserable State of Affairs in Rebeldom" "Hood Relieved of Command... Read full description -
Item #700674THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, April 4, 1968
* Columnist Nat Hentoff - NYC police
* Be-in at Central Park advertisement
* Protest to End the War in Vietnam
* Date Martin Luther King jr. was killed
Page 11 has a column by columnist Nat Hentoff titled: "Keeping the Cops From Riotijng"
Page 29 has a 9 1/2 x... Read full description -
Item #700671COURSE of the RIVER MISSISSIPI [sic] from the Balise to Fort Chartres; Taken on an Expedition to the Illinois, in the latter end of the Year 1763 by Lieut. Ross of the 34th Regiment: Improved from the Surveys of that River made by the French".
London, Printed for Robt. Sayer No. 53 in 'Fleet Street, Published as the Act... Read full description -
Item #700662COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Sept. 21, 1805 Page 2 has content relating to the ongoing First Barbary War with Tripoli.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, various foxing a few archival mends at the margins. -
Item #700660THE CONNECTICUT COURANT, Hartford, Feb. 19, 1806 Th front page has: "Victory Over The French, Battle of Erems". The back page has a continued article from a previous issue, being a message from President Jefferson concerning the First Barbary War. It concludes in a future issue.
Four pages, nice condition.






















































