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  • 1887 White House Easter egg roll...
    Item #714497
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, April 23, 1887 This issue contains a slightly larger than a full page illustration entitled "Washington, D. C. -- An Unique Festival -- Egg-Rolling in the White House Grounds on Easter Monday" and has an accompanying article.
    Also in the issue is: "Destructive Prairie Fires in Kansas --... Read full description  
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  • Mormons work towards outlawing polygamy...
    Item #714478
    ALLEGANY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, July 7, 1887 

    * Mormon - Mormonism 
    * The polygamy question


    Polygamy by the Mormons was not officially outlawed until 1890, which was a condition required before statehood was granted which happened in 1896, however a front page report in this issue notes the efforts in Utah by Mormon... Read full description  
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  • 1874 Bloody Benders... John Bender arrested ?...
    Item #714477
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 10, 1874

    * Bloody Benders - serial killers
    * John Bender arrested ?


    The top of page 7 has one column headings: "THE BLOODTHIRSTY BENDERS" "Probable Arrest of the Kansas Murderers in Utah" "The Fugitive Family Hid in the Mountains" and more. (see) Nice reporting here.
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  • The historic Clawson polygamy case...
    Item #714475
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 16, 1884  

    * Rudger Clawson polygamy trial
    * Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
    * Mormons - Mormonism


    Page 2 has: "A Polygamist on Trial" being a report from Salt Lake, Utah Territory,  on the rather famous case of Rudger Clawson.
    Clawson was the first practicing polygamist to be convicted and serve... Read full description  
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  • Polygamy among the Mormons...   John Wilkes Booth's horse...
    Item #714453
    FINDLAY DAILY JEFFERSONIAN, Ohio, Jan. 14, 1881  

    * Polygamy & the Mormons
    * John Wilkes Booth's horse


    Page 2 has two interesting, brief items: "It is asserted that the horse which John Wilkes Booth rode to the place of his capture after President Lincoln's assassination, belongs to an Abington, Mass. man... Read full description  
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  • New Masonic temple cornerstone laid in 1870...
    Item #714452
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 9, 1870 

    * Masonic - Masons - Freemasons

    The top of the front page has one column headings that include: "THE MASONIC JUBILEE" "Grand Procession of Ten Thousand Masons" "Laying of the Cornerstone with Imposing Ceremonies" and more. (see images) Text takes up about 3 12 columns,... Read full description  
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  • 1874 Bates Battlefield in Wyoming...
    Item #714359
    NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 24, 1874

    * Bates Battlefield - Hot Springs County, Wyoming
    * Captain Alfred E. Bates - United States Army action
    * American Indian Frontier Wars - Bighorn Mountains


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "THE INDIAN TROUBLES" with subheads that include: "A Battle With Outlaw Sioux" and more... Read full description  
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  • 1869 Women's Suffrage... Susan B. Anthony...
    Item #714058
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 9, 1869

    * Early Women's suffrage meeting in Manhattan
    * Susan B. Anthony as chairwoman - Ernestine Rose


    Page 5 has an article headed: "The Working Women's Association. (see images)
    Other news of the day. Complete with 12 pages, good condition.
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  • By the Shaker Community...
    Item #713647
    THE SHAKER, Shakers, New York, and Shaker Village, New Hampshire, July, 1872  A monthly publication "Published By The United Societies" for folks in the Shaker community, quite famous today for the style of furniture they produced.
    This issue has much religious-related content including "What is Truth? "Constitution & Bible"... Read full description  

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  • Hastings, Nebraska lynchings...
    Item #713643
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, April 5, 1883

    * Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska
    * Lynchings -hangings - lynched mob


    This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 6 has an article headed: "VIGILANTES' VENGEANCE" "A Couple of Murderers Lynched by a Mob at Hastings, Neb." and more. (see)
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  • Sitting Bull...   Death of Brigham Young...
    Item #713539
    THE DAILY MEMPHIS AVALANCHE, Memphis, Tennessee, Aug. 30, 1877 

    * Chief Sitting Bull
    * Hunkpapa Lakota Indians
    * Brigham Young death


    Page 3 has as brief of a report of the death of Brigham Young as could be found, headed: "Death of Brigham Young". The report states: "Brigham Young died at 4 p.m. to-day." The same... Read full description  
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  • Modoc Indian War...Captain Jack....
    Item #713472
    THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, June 9, 1873

    * Modoc Indians War - lava beds
    * Captain Jack & others held prisoners


    This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has a one column heading: "Wild Scenes In The West" with subhead. (see images) Captain Jack would be executed by hanging in... Read full description  
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  • Winslow Homer print...
    Item #713393
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 18, 1874  Certainly the best print in this famous illustrated newspaper is the very nice full page by noted artist Winslow Homer, captioned: "New York Charities--St. Barnabas House, 304 Mulberry Street".
    Among the other prints are the full front page by Thomas Worth: "Pride & Politeness"; the full... Read full description  
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  • One of the more desirable Winslow Homer prints...
    Item #713392
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 13, 1874  

    * Illustrator Winslow Homer

    The full front page is a Thomas Nast illus. captained: "Jewels Among Swine." Inside is a full page illus. of "The Flower Mission"; a full page illus. of "Decoration Day - Services Around the Lincoln Monument, Union Square,... Read full description  
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  • Santa Claus on his sleigh...
    Item #713388
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Dec. 26, 1874  The full front page is a print: "Faith--Waiting for Santa Claus" showing a young girl waiting at the door of a toy store.
    Inside has a nice full page: "Santa Claus is Coming!" showing Santa on his sleigh being pulled by 4 reindeer.
    The great, tipped-in doublepage centerfold is: A Dream... Read full description  
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  • From this one-time boom town of Gunnison...
    Item #712908
    GUNNISON DAILY REVIEW, Colorado, June 5, 1882  An uncommon title from this boom mining town in the southwestern quadrant of Colorado, tucked in a valley amidst the Rocky Mountains.
    Gunnison boomed in the late 1870's and early 1880's and was once the home of Wyatt Earp and "Texas Jack". Today, there are some 5500 residents of Gunnison.... Read full description  

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  • Montauk Point... Utah... Mormon... death of Tad Lincoln...
    Item #712823
    HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, September, 1871  Featured in this issue is an article "Montauk Point, Long Island" which takes 12 pages and includes 22 illustrations. Another nice article is: "The Reformation in Utah" which takes over 8 pages & has a great wealth of information about this... Read full description  
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  • Extra time off needed to recover from Washington's Birthday celebrations....
    Item #712633
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 20, 1885

    * Washington's Birthday goes Federal (a holiday for all)
    * Extra time off needed for members of the NY Senate?


    Page 5 has a single column heading which includes: "A Washington's Birthday Holiday". which is in reference to the members' of the New York... Read full description  
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  • Parson Brownlow's speech to residents of East Tennessee...
    Item #712510
    CONCORD DAILY MONITOR, New Hampshire, Dec. 14, 1865

    * Parson William G. Brownlow

     Page 2 has: "Gov. Brownlow's Address" which b begins: "Governor Brownlow has recently issued an address to the East Tennesseeans in which he gives his sentiments on the question of reconstruction and suffrage in true... Read full description  
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  • Washington Harrison Donaldson ballooning...
    Item #712413
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 18, 1875

    * Washington Harrison Donaldson
    * Balloonist - ballooning flight
    * Disappearance - missing


    This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Barnum's Balloon Still Missing..." and more. (see image)
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  • 1883 Mound City, Illinois lynching...
    Item #712165
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 8, 1883

    * Mound City, Pulaski County, Illinois
    * Negro lynching - hanging - lynch mob


    This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 4 has an article headed: "Chronicles Of Crime" "Excitement at Mound City Over the Lynching of Howard" and more. (see... Read full description  
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  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln...
    Item #712064
    THE WORLD, New York, April 15, 1865  The top of the first column of the front page reports one of the most historic & tragic events of the 19th century: the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
    The headlines include: "ASSASSINATION of PRESIDENT LINCOLN and SECRETARY SEWARD" "Mr. Lincoln Shot in Ford's Theater" "Boldness of the... Read full description  

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  • 1873 Polaris expedition to North Pole..
    Item #711968
    NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 11, 1873

    * Polaris expedition to North Pole (hardships)

    The top of page
    5 has a one column heading: "THE POLARIS" with many subheads. (see images) Lengthy text continues on page 6 with large map headed: "THE NORTH POLAR REGIONS; Map Showing the Explorations for an Open Polar Sea and the Scenes of the... Read full description  
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  • From this small town on the Susquehanna...
    Item #711440
    PUBLIC PRESS, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Aug. 19, 1881 

    * 19th century original
    * Home of Joseph Priestley


    An uncommon title from this small town located at the confluence of the Susquehanna River and the West Branch of the Susquehanna. 
    Typical news reports of the day with a wealth of local advertisements.
    Four pages, never... Read full description  
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  • "The Black Crook", the first full-fledged Broadway musical delayed!
    Item #711436
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 11, 1866

    * "The Black Crook" - opening premiere delayed (2-days)
    * Considered the first full-fledged Broadway musical
    * Niblo's Garden, New York City


    Page 7 has an advertisement of Niblo's Garden noting that although originally scheduled to open on September 10th it would... Read full description  
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  • Review & Ad of "The Black Crook" - the first full-fledged Broadway musical...
    Item #711393
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 13, 1866

    * "The Black Crook" opening premiere w/ review
    * First musical theatre performance of the first modern-day musical!
    * Niblo's Garden - Broadway - New York City


    Page 4 has a review of the first performance of "The Black Crook" from the previous evening,... Read full description  
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  • Civil Rights Bill in 1874...
    Item #711331
    RICHMOND DAILY WHIG, Aug. 17, 1874

    * re. Civil Rights Act of 1875 (Enforcement Act)
    * Reconstruction era - Blacks


    Here is a uncommon publication from the capital of the Confederacy just a decade earlier. This issue measures 25 x 18 inches.
    The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "The Civil Rights Bill" (see images)
    Complete with 4 pages,... Read full description  
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  • Thomas Edison invents the phonograph...
    Item #710966
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 30, 1878

    * Historic Phonograph invention
    * Thomas Edison - inventor


    Page 3 has a nice illustration of Edison's recent invention, the phonograph. Amazed by this uncomplicated apparatus, the report begins: "It is a peculiar feature of the Edison phonograph that no mere description can impart any real... Read full description  
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  • Nice report on the Bill Cook gang...
    Item #710871
    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Nebraska, Oct. 24, 1894  

    * Bill Cook Gang

    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "DESPERADOES IN CONTROL" with subheads. (see images) Coverage on the infamous Bill Cook Gang.
    Eight pages, partially loose and some wear at the spine, light toning, somewhat fragile & should be handled carefully.
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  • Trial of Lincoln's conspirators...   Interesting on the capture of Jeff. Davis...
    Item #710617
    NEW YORK TIMES, May 26, 1865  The entire front page and over half of the back page are taken up with very detailed and verbatim accounts of those called to give testimony in the trial of the Lincoln assassins.
    The front page first column heads include: "TRIAL OF THE ASSASSINS" "Full Report of the... Read full description  

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  • Soldiers are going home...   Negro suffrage...
    Item #710605
    NEW YORK TIMES, May 13, 1865  Among the front page column heads on the ending events of the Civil War are: "THE HOMEWARD MARCH" "The Second & Fifth Corps Arrive Near Alexandria" "They Meet with the Kindest Treatment on the Way from Richmond" "Sherman's Veterans Will Begin to Arrive About Sunday" and more.
    Page 4 has: "The Trial of the... Read full description  

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  • Baseball caricatures by famed artist A.B. Frost...
    Item #710304
    HARPER'S MONTHLY, New York, January, 1890  The entire back page is captioned: "Our National Game" showing twelve different baseball caricatures each with a caption, illustrated by the famed artist A.B. Frost.
    Other articles include: "Jamaica, New and Old" "The Russian Army" "The Smyrna Fig... Read full description  
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  • Charles Goodrich murder.... Lizzie Lloyd King....
    Item #710259
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 23, 1873

    * Charles Goodrich murder
    * Lizzie Lloyd King


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "THE BROOKLYN MYSTERY" with subhead. (see images) Coverage on the murder of Charles Goodrich in Brooklyn. Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Lloyd King would eventually be found guilty of the crime.
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  • Whaling disaster of 1871....
    Item #710255
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, November 7, 1871

    * Whaling disaster of 1871
    * Bowhead whales hunting
    * Arctic ice jam


    Page 7 has a very brief article headed with small heading: "The Whaling Fleet Disaster" and subhead. (see image)
    Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, a little irregular along the spine, generally in nice condition.

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  • Masonic Hall dedication in NYC...
    Item #710226
    PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, June 3, 1875

    * Original Masonic Hall (Manhattan) dedication ceremonies
    * Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of New York


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "THE MASONIC PAGEANT" with subheads. (see images) Lengthy text continues on the back page.
    Complete with 8 pages, nice condition.
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  • From Red River County in Texas...
    Item #710032
    THE STANDARD, Clarksville, Red River County, Texas, Aug. 18, 1887  Rarely do we find newspapers from this part of Texas, north east of Dallas and not far from the Arkansas border. Various news and ads of the day. 
    Four pages, large folio size, loose at the irregular spine, various small margin tears. Somewhat fragile & must be handled... Read full description  

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  • A golf-themed print on the front page...
    Item #709998
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 31, 1897 

    * William Thomas Smedley
    * Golfing illustrations


    The full front page is an illus: "I Felt Her Seize My Hand and Shake It." which shows a woman greeting a man with a golf club, with caddies & others in the background. This print accompanies a story inside titled: "Colonel... Read full description  
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  • Gold mining in Johannesburg... Book plates of women of the world...
    Item #709990
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, February 22, 1896  The front cover of the issue contains a very large illustration "Mining at Johannesburg -- Natives on the Way to Their Work". Also in the issue is wonderful prints and article of "BOOK PLATES OF CELEBRATED WOMEN OF THE WORLD" which are... Read full description  
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  • See the wealth of nice prints...
    Item #709988
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, July 5, 1890  The full ftpg. has 2 prints regarding: "Coney Island Jockey Club--The Great Match Race Between Tenny and Salvator...".
    Prints inside include: "The Swampers of the Lower Mississippi"; a full page on: "The Alaska Expedition"; a full page: "...Yale-Princeton... Read full description  

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  • Death of Jay Gould...   Black scholar William Sanders Scarborough...
    Item #709986
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Dec. 15, 1892   The full front page is a photo of: "The Late Jay Gould" with page 4 having an accompanying article of the same heading. Yet another page is filled with six photos of: "The Birthplace & Some of the Residences of the Late Jay Gould".... Read full description  

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  • Thomas Nast Santa Claus 1871 engraving...
    Item #709933
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 30, 1871  

    * Thomas Nast Santa Claus wood block engraving

    The full front page is the famous Thomas Nast illustration of: "Santa Claus's Mail." which is very displayable.
    Inside is a full pg. illus. of "Christmas in Virginia - A Present from the Great House." Full pg.... Read full description  
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  • Financial Panic of 1873...
    Item #709890
    THE WORLD, NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 1873 

    * Financial crisis - panic of 1873 
    * Collapse of Jay Cooke & Company


    This issue has fine follow up coverage on what became known as: "The Panic of 1873", which was precipitated by the bankruptcy of the banking firm of Jay Cooke and Company.
    There are several reports with one column heads... Read full description  
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  • A newspaper for spiritualists and occultists...
    Item #709880
    RELIGIO PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL, Chicago, Nov. 13, 1875  

    * Spiritualism - Mediums

    A quite uncommon title which, as noted in the decorative masthead, is "Devoted To Spiritual Philosophy". This interesting newspaper was begun in 1865 by an association of dozens of the leading spiritualists of the day.  Its masthead is a graphic... Read full description  
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  • Libel charges against Woodhull & Claflin...
    Item #709873
    ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, New York, Jan. 23, 1873  

    * Victoria Woodhull
    * Tennessee Celeste Claflin
    * Indictments for libel 

    The very bottom of the front page has a brief yet notable report headed: "Woodhull and Claflin Again Arrested" noting: "...were again arrested yesterday and locked up over night on not giving bail for... Read full description  
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  • 1892 Spalding Hose Fair, Waverly, New York...
    Item #709865
    WAVERLY FREE PRESS, Waverly, New York, December 6-10, 1892 (6 issues)  This set includes 4 single-sheet issues of the "Spalding Hose Fair" (dated Dec. 6, 7, 8, and 9), one issue of the Waverly Free Press (dated Dec. 10), and a single sheet supplement of the Waverly Free Press (dated Dec. 10) - all providing day-by-day details... Read full description  
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  • Five laws of the United States and a Proclamation...
    Item #709843
    NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, May 25, 1816  Inside has over a full page taken up with five "Laws of the United States", most dealing with military affairs, and each signed in type by the President, James Madison, and H. Clay, Speaker of the House. Also: "A Proclamation by the President of the United... Read full description  
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  • Fourteenth Amendment ratified by North Carolina... 1st black Lt. Govenor...
    Item #709058
    NEW YORK TIMES, July 13, 1868 

    * North Carolina ratifies 14th Constitution Amend.
    * Very 1st African American Lt. Governor in U.S.


    Page 5 has: "PROCLAMATION - The President Declares the Ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment by North Carolina" signed in type: Andrew Johnson.
    This was one of the... Read full description  
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  • Making incandescent lamps in 1883...
    Item #709026
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 30, 1883  This issue has much invention news and illustrations including front page illustration(s) headed: "WRIGHT AND MACKIE'S MACHINERY FOR MAKING INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LAMPS". These illustration(s) also have related text as well.
    This issue is 16 pages and in nice condition.
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  • Much about the early life of Abraham Lincoln...
    Item #708770
    NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 31, 1865  

    * William H. Herndon speech - lecture
    * Post Abraham Lincoln assassination

    Page 3 has column heads: "Abraham Lincoln" "The Character of His Life as Seen by his Law Partner".
    Taken from a lecture delivered at Springfield by Wm. H. Herdon, Lincoln's law partner for twenty years, the first part vividly... Read full description  
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  • Trial of the "demon" of Andersonville.... How the soldiers were buried...
    Item #708725
    NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 19, 1865  Page 5 has column heads: "TRIAL OF CAPT. WIRZ" "A Few More Points of Testimony introduced" "Interesting Letter from Commissioner Ouler" "He Swaps Miserable Wretches for Good Material" "The Reading of Wirz's Argument In His Own... Read full description  

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