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Item #680424NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 26, 1836 Among the many items in this issue is: "War In Florida" concerning the Seminoles and Creeks, taking the equivalent of a full page. Also: "Tennessee Volunteers" "Voyage In Search of Lost Whalers" "From Liberia" and more.
Sixteen pages, 8 1/2 by 12 inches, some very minor foxing, other in... Read full description -
Item #681484NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER Baltimore, Oct. 19, 1833 Among the many articles are: "Festival of Vine Dressers" "Steamboat Disasters" "Lander's Second Voyage Up the Niger"; a report from a famous Indian language newspaper: "From the Cherokee Phoenix" "Stephen Girard's Will" which takes almost 4 pages.
Girard personally saved the U.S. government from... Read full description -
Item #683192NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 22, 1836 Inside includes "General Order" signed by President Andrew Jackson, concerning the assignment of various military officers. Among the list are various names which would become more famous during the Civil War including Lt. Meade, Lt. Lee, Lt. Magruder, and various others.
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Item #683195NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 22, 1836 Inside includes "General Order" signed by President Andrew Jackson, concerning the assignment of various military officers. Among the list are various names which would become more famous during the Civil War including Lt. Meade, Lt. Lee, Lt. Magruder, and various others.
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Item #683196NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 22, 1836 Inside includes "General Order" signed by President Andrew Jackson, concerning the assignment of various military officers. Among the list are various names which would become more famous during the Civil War including Lt. Meade, Lt. Lee, Lt. Magruder, and various others.
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Item #683275NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 22, 1820
* African slave trade - slaves
* United States Navy inquiry
* John C. Calhoun
Inside has nearly two pages taken up- with: "The Slave Question" as it relates to the on-going discussion of the situation with Missouri joining the Union.
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Item #683277NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 22, 1820 Inside has nearly two pages taken up- with: "The Slave Question" as it relates to the on-going discussion of the situation with Missouri joining the Union.
Also within: "Civilization of the Indians" which includes two letters signed in type by J. C. Calhoun as... Read full description -
Item #683278NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 22, 1820 Inside has nearly two pages taken up- with: "The Slave Question" as it relates to the on-going discussion of the situation with Missouri joining the Union.
Also within: "Civilization of the Indians" which includes two letters signed in type by J. C. Calhoun as... Read full description -
Item #683279NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 22, 1820 Inside has nearly two pages taken up- with: "The Slave Question" as it relates to the on-going discussion of the situation with Missouri joining the Union.
Also within: "Civilization of the Indians" which includes two letters signed in type by J. C. Calhoun as... Read full description -
Item #684989NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER Baltimore, April 5, 1823
* Jews and Mormons ?
An inside page has a brief report noting: "...that the society for meliorating the condition of the Jew, are now engaged in a negociation for 20,000 acres of land in the 'Genesee country' for a Jewish colony. Will the Jews work on it?"
In brief, this was... Read full description -
Item #685000NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 21, 1826
* Mordecai Manuel Noah
* Jewish homeland on the Niagara River
The prime article is: "Re-assemblage of the Jews" which has a letter somewhat critical of the efforts of Mordecai Manuel Noah to create a homeland for the Jews on Grand... Read full description -
Item #685082NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, March 11, 1843
* William Millerites - Millerism
The back page has an interesting report headed: "Millerism In Philadelphia" which is about the Millerites, followers of the teachings of William Miller, who in 1831 first shared publicly his belief that the Second Advent of Jesus Christ would occur in roughly... Read full description -
Item #685083NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, March 18, 1843
* William Millerites - Millerism
The back page has a report headed: "Millerism" which is about the Millerites, followers of the teachings of William Miller, who in 1831 first shared publicly his belief that the Second Advent of Jesus Christ would occur in roughly the year 1843–1844. Coming during... Read full description -
Item #685093NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, May 6, 1843
* Congregation Rodeph Shalom (Philadelphia)
* Jewish synagogue - Jews - Judaica
* William Millerites - Millerism
Page 5 has: "Consecration Of the Synagogue Roudafe Sholum (Followers of Peace) of Philadelphia. This is the Rodeph Shalom synagogue, one of the several... Read full description -
Item #685094NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, May 13, 1843
* Boston Tabernacle dedication
* William Millerites - Millerism
* Second Advent of Jesus Christ
Page 3 has over half a column on: "Trouble Among the Traders To Santa Fe" and another page has: "Texas, Question ion Annexation - The Condition of Texas".
The back page has a very brief... Read full description -
Item #685098NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, July 22, 1843
* Mormons - Mormonism
* Earliest of Brigham Young
The back page has a heading: "The Mormon Prophet" which begins: "The arrest of Joe Smith it appears was in virtue of some new process from Missouri. James Reynolds proceeded to Nauvoo to arrest him, found him absent..."... Read full description -
Item #685118NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, April 13, 1844
* Mormons - Mormonism
* Nauvoo, Illinois
An inside page has a brief item discussed in the federal Congress with a small heading: "Mormons" noting: "Mr. Semple presented a memorial from the mayor & aldermen of Nauvoo, that a separate territorial government may be extended... Read full description -
Item #685126NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, July 27, 1844
* Mormonism - re. Joseph Smith assassination
* Macon Bolling Allen - 1st black lawyer
Pages 4 and 5 contain a nearly full-column article on: "The Mormons" focused on driving the Mormons out of Illinois, and a bit on the... Read full description -
Item #685129NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 5, 1844
* Nauvoo Legion militia - Illinois
* Mormons - Mormonism War ?
* Governor Thomas Ford
Pages 3 and 4 has a report from Illinois: "More Trouble at Nauvoo" which noters in part: "Gov. Ford has ordered 2500 militia & volunteers into service for the protection of Nauvoo... a project in... Read full description -
Item #685166NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 17, 1846 Page 3 has: "Illinois. The Mormon War ended" which is an interesting account taking close to a full column. It notes in part: "...Articles of capitulation...drawn up to the following effect:..." followed by the four articles, which include: "The... Read full description -
Item #685714NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, June 26, 1830 Inside has a report concerning the creation of a government in "Colombia" noting: "The new constitution having been adopted...proceeded to elect a president and vice president of the republic...a deputation waited upon Bolivar & informed him of the result He congratulated them... Read full description -
Item #688359NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, June 3, 1820
* USS Ohio launching - United States Navy
* African slave trade - slavers ships captured
The front page has: "The Infamous Trade" beginning: "Ten slave vessels had been captured by the U.S. ship Cyane..." with some details. Most of the issue is taken up with: ":Mr. Baldwin's... Read full description -
Item #688638NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 26, 1846
* Commodore John D. Sloat
* Mexican-American War
* Claims California for U.S.
* Illinois Mormon War ending
* Nauvoo, Hancock County
Inside has a very historic article headed: "The Pacific Squadron - Commodore Sloat Takes Possession of... Read full description -
Item #689155NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Dec. 18, 1841
* Creole slavery slaves case
* Ship insurrection - revolt - mutiny
The back page of this issue features a quite lengthy report concerning the "Mutiny Of Slaves" on the ship Creole, a rather infamous event in American history. In this report, it also states that the infamous Bowie knife was... Read full description -
Item #689399NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, April 14, 1821 Over two pages are taken up with a lengthy & detailed report headed: "Navy of the United States" with discussion on costs of operations, etc. The report is signed in type by: John Rodgers.
Nearly 1 1/2 pages are taken up with: "Slave Trade" which has much discussion on this controversial... Read full description -
Item #689401NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Aug. 23, 1823 Among the reports is a 4 1/2 page continued article: "Christian Indians". Also: "Indian War concerning the Blackfoot Indians in t he Fort Atkinson vicinity.
Also: "Emigration" "The Pirates" in the Caribbean; "Catskill Mountains" "The Slave Trade" and an article on the sale of: "Public Lands"... Read full description -
Item #689405NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 29, 1831 The front page has an item: "Gen. Jackson" which notes: "...it should be the will of the nation to call on the president to serve a second term....he will not decline the summons..." with a bit more. Inside pages have much reporting from Congress.
Complete in 16 pages, 6 by 9 1/2... Read full description -
Item #689406NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 15, 1831
* George "Corn" Tassel execution
* Cherokees - Indians - Georgia
The front page has: "Georgia And the Indians" and "Execution of George Tassels".
The latter report has considerable significance in the legal issues of the U.S. relations with Native American tribes to this... Read full description -
Item #689409NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 2, 1830 Among the articles within are: "Negro Cloths", a letter signed in type: Andrew Jackson declining an offer to attend a public dinner in Knoxville; "Virginia Gold" "Origin of the Slave Trade"; a letter to John Adams concerning "Anticipated Revolutions" signed in type: Thomas Jefferson, datelines... Read full description -
Item #689415NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 27, 1824 The front page features a chart headed: "Presidential Election - Returns so far as they are known" showing votes for Adams, Clay, Crawford, and Jackson, with Adams having a commanding lead. Much related text as well carrying over to pages 2, 3, 4 & 5 with additional charts.
Inside has a... Read full description -
Item #689419NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Feb. 23, 1828
* Death report of Choctaw Chief Hummingbird
* Death report of New York Governor DeWitt Clinton
* B & O Railroad expands to include Pittsburgh, PA
Page 7 has a report of the death of Choctaw Chief Hummingbird, also known as General Hummingbird: "Died, on the 23d... Read full description -
Item #689420NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 19, 1829
* Offer to buy Texas from Mexico
* President Andrew Jackson proposal
* Pre-Texas War for Independence
The front page has an item: "Texas" which begins: "Many rumours have been afloat as to a project entertained by the executive to acquire the Mexican province of Texas by... Read full description -
Item #689421NILES WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, April 23, 1831 A brief report: "Liberia" reports that: "...The recaptured Africans have wonderfully improved...". "The Cherokees" begins: "The Phoenix of the 26th contains further particulars of the oppressive operation of the laws of Georgia & cruel conduct of some of her citizens..." &... Read full description -
Item #689422NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 4, 1834
* Stephen F. Austin
* Texas statehood ?
Inside has an item on: "Texas" concerning S. T. Austin, delegated to represent the affairs of Texas at the city of Mexico, and noting: "...that it was expected Texas would soon be admitted into the union as one of the Mexican states..." with a bit more. Much reporting from... Read full description -
Item #689425NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, March 28, 1835
* New United States Mints - coinage
A page 2 article announces the creation of three new mints within the United States, these being the first to be created outside of Philadelphia.
As the report notes: "...there is to be one branch at the city of New Orleans for the coinage of... Read full description -
Item #689429NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 23, 1844 The top of the first column of the front page has the results of the Presidential election, headed: "Presidential" with a count by state for Henry Clay and James K. Polk. Much more on the results of the election on inside pages.
Page 2 has a letter from President Tyler to H. M. Kamehameha... Read full description -
Item #689202NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER with the "Supplement To Volume XV", Baltimore, Feb. 20, 1819
* The Jew Bill - president's support
* Equal rights for Jews - voting
Certainly the best content in this issue is in the lengthy "Supplement" to the volume, with an article headed: "Legislature Of Maryland - The Jew Bill--From A... Read full description -
Item #693181NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Dec. 6, 1834
* President Andrew Jackson
* State of the Union Address
The prime content would be the annual state-of-the-union address, contained in full on seven pages & signed in type by the President: Andrew Jackson.
An extremely lengthy address, it touches upon a wide variety of topics &... Read full description -
Item #713266NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, March 30, 1822 The back page has a report noting in part: "The Cherokees surprised an Osage village, in the absence of the warriors on a hunting excursion, and made about 90 prisoners of women and children, whom they murdered in a most horrid manner..." with further detail.
Sixteen pages, 6 by 9 1/2 inches, very nice... Read full description -
Item #694529CONNECTICUT JOURNAL, New Haven, Jan. 1, 1801 Much of the front page is taken up with reports from "Congress" including a bit: "...The house resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill for erecting a Mausoleum to George Washington...moved an amendment substituting a Monument, in the place of a Mausoleum, to... Read full description -
Item #694925NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Feb. 1, 1812
* Carthagena's independence
* Rare mention of The Inquisition
* Report from Caracas re: their independence
Page 7 has under the heading "South America" mention of the manifesto of Carthagena, stating in part that in the previous November, they had declared... Read full description -
Item #695416NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, March 7, 1829
* President Andrew Jackson
* Inauguration - inaugural address
An inside page has a nice article headed: "The Inauguration" which begins with details of the proceedings including: "...in the presence of an immense concourse of spectators, filling the portico, the steps...the... Read full description -
Item #695609THE NATIONAL REGISTER, Washington, Nov. 30, 1816 Inside has a notice signed in type by: Andrew Jackson, Major General Com'fg. in which he notes: "All white men settling on the Cherokee lands...are hereby ordered to drive off their stock within 20 days and remove themselves and families within 30 days...All individuals not... Read full description -
Item #695612THE NATIONAL REGISTER, Washington, Feb. 1, 1817 Inside has a letter datelined from Monticello, headed: "Delaplaine's Repository", signed in type: Thomas Jefferson. Also two letters on the: "Neutrality of the United States" each signed in type: James Monroe. This is followed by: General Harrison's Case".
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Item #695615THE NATIONAL REGISTER, Washington, May 31, 1817 Inside has nearly 4 pages taken up with a very detailed, and exhaustive letter headed: "Topographical" which is a resort from Major James Kearney concerning an attempt to create a canal to join Elizabeth River in Virginia with that of the waters of North Carolina,... Read full description -
Item #695619THE NATIONAL REGISTER, Washington, Dec. 25, 1819 Included within is the historic Adams-Onis Treaty in which Spain ceded to East Florida to the United States & renounces any claims to West Florida which was already annexed by the United States. The U.S. renounces its claims to Texas. It includes several... Read full description -
Item #696505NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, June 24, 1843
* 1st Jewish hospital funding
* Rothschild seed money
* Jerusalem, Israel
The back page has two interesting articles, one with historic relevance. Under the heading, "JEWISH HOSPITAL," is an article mentioning seed money being provided by Baron... Read full description -
Item #696793NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 25, 1826
* President Thomas Jefferson
* Last letters to Henry Lee
Inside 2 1/2 pages taken up with: "The Late Mr. Jefferson" who passed away nearly 5 months earlier (July 4) which includes a lengthy letter signed: H. Lee. This is followed by a lengthier letter datelined: "Monticello, May... Read full description -
Item #696919NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, April 10, 1841
* President William Henry Harrison death
Wide black "mourning" rules on all columns on all 16 pages for the death of the President. Page 3 has the report headed: "National Affairs" "Death of the President of the U. States" with various particulars). Additional details carry over to the... Read full description -
Item #696967NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 25, 1826
* President Thomas Jefferson
* Last letters to Henry Lee
Inside 2 1/2 pages taken up with: "The Late Mr. Jefferson" who passed away nearly 5 months earlier (July 4) which includes a lengthy letter signed: H. Lee. This is followed by a lengthier letter datelined: "Monticello, May... Read full description
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