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  • Virginius Affair... Cuba...
    Item #700264
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 13, 1873

    * Virginius Affair - executions
    * Ten Years' War


    Page 3 has one column headings that include: "CAPTURE OF THE VIRGINIUS" "Particulars Of the Chase And Seizure" "MASSACRE OF THE CREW" "Capt. Fr, The Seaman, And Others Shot On The 8th Inst." and more. Lengthy text. Nice to have... Read full description  
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  • Promoting the abolitionists' cause...
    Item #700260
    EMANCIPATOR & WEEKLY CHRONICLE, Boston, Dec. 11, 1844  

    * Rare anti-slavery publication
    * Abolition movement - free slaves


    One of the less common anti-slavery newspapers with content as you might suspect. 
    This abolitionist newspaper was first published in New York City and by this time in Boston. It was founded as the official... Read full description  
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  • Early woman's suffrage newspaper...
    Item #700245
    THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL, Boston, Sept. 27, 1879  

    * Rare publication
    * Women's suffrage


    Uncommon women's suffrage paper produced by--among others--Lucy Stone, Alice Blackwell, Julia Ward Howe, and Mary Livermore.
    Among the articles: "Concerning Women" "Suffrage In California" "The Influence of Women"... Read full description  
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  • 1872 Battle of Orange Walk...
    Item #700185
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 5, 1872

    * Battle of Orange Walk Town
    * Belize - British Honduras
    * Maya peoples - United Kingdom


    The top of page 4 has a one column heading: "THE REDS IN HONDURAS" with subheads. (see images)
    Complete with all 12 pages, a little spine wear, generally nice.
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  • Death of George Meade... Gettysburg fame...
    Item #700184
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 8, 1872

    * General George Gordon Meade
    * American Civil War General
    * Battle of Gettysburg hero


    The top of page 10 has a one column heading: "THE DEAD HERO OF GETTYSBURG" with subheads. (see images)
    Complete with all 12 pages, good condition.
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  • Uncle John Wilder death... Charles Lindbergh in Nanking...
    Item #700161
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 20, 1931

    * Uncle John Wilder (fiddler) death
    * President Calvin Coolidge's uncle
    * Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont
    * Charles Lindbergh flies to the Orient


    Page 30 has a one column heading: "UNCLE JOHN WILDER, FIDDLER, DEAD AT 85" with subheads and photo. (see)
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  • Aviator Jimmie Mattern disappearance in Siberia....
    Item #700160
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 8, 1933

    * American Aviator Jimmie Mattern
    * Airplane flight around the World attempt
    * Disappearance in Siberia - Russia


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "MATTERN IS DOWN EN ROUTE TO CHITA; SOVIET SENDS AID" with subheads. (see) Coverage continues inside with related photo and... Read full description  
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  • The Civil War in America: the historic Monitor vs. the Merrimack...
    Item #700138
    THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, April 5, 1862  The front page has a print: "The Civil War Inn America - Naval Engagement in Hampton Roads: The Confederate...Steamer Merrimack (or Virginia) Running Into the Federal Sloop Cumberland". This battle was part of the famous Monitor vs. Merrimack naval... Read full description  
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  • 1872 North American epizootic outbreak...
    Item #700129
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 22, 1872

    * Equine influenza A - horse flu
    * 1872 North American outbreak
    * The Great Epizootic of 1872


    The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "THE HORSE DISEASE" with subheads. (see images) Text takes up almost a full column.
    Complete with all 12 pages, nice condition.

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  • HAIR (the musical) - Rare Pre-Broadway Ad... "Village Voice"...
    Item #700124
    THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, October 19, 1967

    * A extremely rare ad for the Broadway Hit - "HAIR" - prior to making it to Broadway
    * The Public Theater - Greenwich, in the Village's own iconic newspaper


    Prior to making it to Broadway and becoming one of the most famous musicals to hit the stage,... Read full description  
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  • The Boston Barrel Tragedy... Charles River murder...
    Item #700111
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 8, 1872

    * The Boston Barrel Tragedy
    * Abijah Ellis murder mystery
    * Charles River - Massachusetts


    The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "MURDER AND MUTILATION" with subheads. (see images)
    Complete with all 12 pages, a little spine wear, otherwise nice.
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  • 1872 Lexington, North Carolina hanging...
    Item #700109
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, Dec. 14, 1872

    * Lexington, North Carolina
    * African American execution
    * Davidson County hanging


    The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "THE EXTREME PENALTY" with subheads. (see images) A detailed report here.
    Complete with all 12 pages, a little spine wear, otherwise nice.
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  • The great Boston fire of 1872...
    Item #700108
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 10, 1872 

    * The great Boston Fire (1st report)
    * One of most costly fires in U.S. history


    Page 5 has nice one column headings: "BOSTON IN FLAMES" "Fearful Conflagration in the Bay State Capital" "The Business Portion Burned" & much more. (see images)
    Complete in 8 pages, minor spine... Read full description  
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  • P. T. Barnum was a "special partner"...
    Item #700106
    ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, Nov. 26, 1853  Formatted much like Harper's Weekly, but published 4 years previous to the more famous title. P.T. Barnum was a "Special Partner" in this publication as noted on one of the back pages.
    The front page has a print of the: "Desperate Naval Engagement Between the Bon Homme Richard... Read full description  
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  • P. T. Barnum was a "special partner"...   Early view of Elmira...
    Item #700105
    ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, Nov. 12, 1853  Formatted much like Harper's Weekly, but published 4 years previous to the more famous title. P.T. Barnum was a "Special Partner" in this publication as noted on one of the back pages.
    The front page has a print of: "Firemen's Celebration - The... Read full description  
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  • P. T. Barnum was a "special partner"...   Scenes of Tahiti...   Notre Dame...
    Item #700104
    ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, Oct. 22, 1853  Formatted much like Harper's Weekly, but published 4 years previous to the more famous title. P.T. Barnum was a "Special Partner" in this publication as noted on one of the back pages.
    Among prints within are: "Valparaiso and Santiago Railroad,... Read full description  
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  • P. T. Barnum was a "special partner"...
    Item #700103
    ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, Oct. 15, 1853  Formatted much like Harper's Weekly, but published 4 years previous to the more famous title. P.T. Barnum was a "Special Partner" in this publication as noted on one of the back pages.
    The front page has a print of: "Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem".
    Among prints... Read full description  
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  • P. T. Barnum was a "special partner"...   The Japanese alphabet...   Canada scenes...
    Item #700102
    ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, Oct. 8, 1853  Formatted much like Harper's Weekly, but published 4 years previous to the more famous title. P.T. Barnum was a "Special Partner" in this publication as noted on one of the back pages.
    The front page has a print of: "The Captain General of... Read full description  
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  • P. T. Barnum was a "special partner"...  Jeddo, the capital of Japan...  New Brunswick & Hartford...
    Item #700100
    ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, Sept. 24, 1853  Formatted much like Harper's Weekly, but published 4 years previous to the more famous title. P.T. Barnum was a "Special Partner" in this publication as noted on one of the back pages.
    The front page has a print of: "Jedo... Read full description  
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  • 1872 burial of Horace Greeley.....
    Item #700090
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, Dec. 5, 1872

    * Horace Greeley death - burial
    * New York Tribune founder - editor
    * Liberal Republican Party


    The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "THE PHILOSOPHER AT REST" with subheads. (see images) Text takes up about 5 full columns.
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  • Lengthy article on cockfighting in 1872...
    Item #700088
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, Dec. 29, 1872

    * Cockfighting - illegal blood sport
    * Roosters - gamecocks - cockpit
    * Unusually lengthy & uncommon article


    The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "THE GREAT COCK FIGHT" with subheads. (see images) Text takes up over 2 full columns. Rare to find articles on this illegal blood sport,... Read full description  
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  • 1872 Portland, New York train wreck disaster....
    Item #700085
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, December 25, 1872

    * Christmas eve train wreck disaster
    * Cross Cut Railroad - Portland, New York

    * Phineas Barnum Circus Museum Fire

    The top of  page 5 has a one column heading: "RAILROAD HOLOCAUST" with subheads. (see images)
    The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "BURNING OF... Read full description  
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  • The Lowry War in North Carolina...
    Item #700084
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, Dec. 28, 1872 

    * Andrew Strong killed
    * Lowry's War - gang
    * Pembroke, North Carolina
    * Scuffletown


    Page three has an article on the Lowery (Lowry, Lowrie) War in North Carolina.
    The Lowry War is a notable event in North Carolina history. Led by Henry Berry Lowry, whose father and brother were murdered by men of the... Read full description  
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  • P. T. Barnum was a "special partner"...
    Item #700072
    ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, June 4, 1853  Formatted much like Harper's Weekly, but published 4 years previous to the more famous title. P.T. Barnum was a "Special Partner" in this publication as noted on one of the back pages.
    The front page has a print of: "Bronze Statue of De Witt Clinton--Monument Exhibiting in the Park". Other prints within... Read full description  

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  • P. T. Barnum was a "special partner"...   Santa Anna on the front page...   African church in Cincinnati...
    Item #700071
    ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, April 30, 1853  Formatted much like Harper's Weekly, but published 4 years previous to the more famous title. P.T. Barnum was a "Special Partner" in this publication as noted on one of the back pages.
    The front page has a nice print of: "Antonio... Read full description  
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  • P. T. Barnum was a "special partner"...   Cornelius Vanderbilt...
    Item #700070
    ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, April 9, 1853  Formatted much like Harper's Weekly, but published 4 years previous to the more famous title. P.T. Barnum was a "Special Partner" in this publication as noted on one of the back pages.
    Prints within include: "The Gardener Trial: Scene in the Courtroom,... Read full description  
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  • P. T. Barnum was a "special partner"...
    Item #700069
    ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, March 5, 1853  Formatted much like Harper's Weekly, but published 4 years previous to the more famous title. P.T. Barnum was a "Special Partner" in this publication as noted on one of the back pages.
    Front page shows: "New Clipper Ship, Empress of the Sea'. Prints inside include: "Portrait... Read full description  
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  • 1946 Tel Aviv car park raid...
    Item #700065
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 26, 1946

    * Tel Aviv - Israel car park raid
    * Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
    * Zionist underground groups - Lehi militants


    Page 8 has a one column heading: "6 Britons In Tel Aviv Slain By Extremists" (see images)
    Complete with 44 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally very nice.

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  • Civil War map shows from Columbus, Ohio to Northern Tennessee...
    Item #700051
    THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Sept. 4, 1862  The front page features a nice Civil War map with a heading in very large letters: "THE WAR IN THE WEST" with subhead: "Map of Cincinnati, Covington, and the adjacent Country--Showing the Route of the Rebel Advance into Kentucky".
    Among the one column war... Read full description  
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  • Santa Anna's account of the Battle of Buena Vista...
    Item #700049
    THE DAILY UNION, Washington, D.C., April 20, 1847 

    * Battle of Buena Vista
    * General Santa Anna
    * Mexican-American War


    Fully half of page 2 is taken up with a very detailed accounting of the historic Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican War, this one penned by the Mexican general as it is signed in type by him: Antonio... Read full description  
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  • Differences between the United States and Confederate Constitutions...   New flag of the Confederacy...
    Item #700040
    THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, April 13, 1861  Page 2 has reports headed: "America" with the latest on the Civil War. Of note is text noting: "...the main points of difference between the United States Constitution and the new Southern Constitution...1. That... Read full description  
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  • John Anderson the fugitive slave...   "headsman of the Tower" will not be replaced...   Jefferson Davis is inaugurated...
    Item #700028
    THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, March 9, 1861  

    * Extradition case of John Anderson
    * Canada West escaped slave w/ print


    “The Fugitive Anderson” on page 3 is about John Anderson, the famous fugitive slave who escaped to Canada evading the pursuit of bounty hunters.
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  • 1st airmail airplane service (1918)...
    Item #700022
    EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, May 21, 1918

    * 1st regular airmail airplane U.S. service
    * 1st airmail stamp delivery


    Page 2 has a one column heading: "GETS LETTER BY AEROPLANE POST" (see image) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from... Read full description  
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  • Bill Newton's beheading made public...
    Item #700013
    THE BOSTON POST, Sept. 10, 1945

    * Australian pilot Bill Newton beheading
    * Made public for the first time
    * Japanese atrocities - cannibalism & more

    The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "AUSTRALIA REPORTS JAP HORROR" with subhead. (see images) Coverage of Japanese atrocities committed on American and Australian soldiers... Read full description  
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  • Jeff Davis on the state of the Confederacy...
    Item #700004
    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TIMES, New York, Nov. 15, 1864 

    * Rebel President Jefferson Davis
    * State of the Confederacy address


    Beginning on page 2 and ending on page 3 is: "Jeff. Davis' Message--A Review of the Situation of the Confederacy--Arming Negroes Condemned--Atlanta & Richmond Not Vital Points".
    This is a very... Read full description  
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  • A "Copperhead" newspaper: a wealth of war-related content...
    Item #699991
    THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, March 20, 1865

    * Final weeks of the Civil War
    * Robert E. Lee and more
    * Copperhead Democrats publication


    Described as "The Hottest Rebel Sheet to be found in the North or the South", this newspaper opposed the war and attracted the hatred of the Republicans and the Lincoln... Read full description  
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  • William Cobbett's famous newspaper...
    Item #699986
    PORCUPINE'S GAZETTE, Philadelphia, March 15, 1798  This was William Cobbett's important and controversial--but short-lived--daily newspaper. Cobbett was a prolific & controversial publisher who often wrote under the pen-name of "Peter Porcupine." He was famous for sniping at his political opponents, usually those of a... Read full description  
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  • Ohio State Buckeyes very 1st victory vs. Michigan...
    Item #699983
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 26, 1919

    * Ohio State vs. Michigan rivalry
    * Very 1st Buckeyes victory in this game
    * Ferry Field, Ann Arbor


    Page 4 of the sport's section (near the back) has a one column heading: "Ohio State Wins, 13-3" with subhead and lineups. Text includes: "...Michigan went down to defeat before... Read full description  
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  • Treaty with the Sioux Indians...   Much on the Black Hills...
    Item #699967
    NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 9, 1875  Page 3 has: "The Black Hills" "The Treaty With the Sioux" "How the Indians Were Persuaded to Make the Treaty--Wisdom of Their Action in Saying Cattle". This is followed by: "Character of the Country" "General Diffusion of Small Quantities of Gold... Read full description  

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  • Karl Guthe Jansky & Milky Way radio waves...
    Item #699933
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 5, 1933

    * Karl Guthe Jansky
    * Physicist & radio engineer
    * Father of radio astronomy
    * Milky Way radio waves


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "NEW RADIO WAVES TRACED TO CENTRE OF THE MILKY WAY" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the discovery of radio waves emanating from... Read full description  
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  • Detroit Tigers 1945 World Series....
    Item #699930
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 5, 1945

    * Detroit Tigers vs. Chicago Cubs (game 2)
    * Hank Greenberg's home run wins game
    * 1st post World War II champions (to be)


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "TIGERS TIE SERIES, GREENBERG HOMER BEATING CUBS, 4-1" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage continues in the... Read full description  
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  • Review & premiere of "The Parent Trap", in a Los Angeles newspaper...
    Item #699924
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 29, 1998

    * Best "The Parent Trap" advertisement
    * Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
    * Family comedy film - Lindsay Lohan


    A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "The Parent Trap" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading... Read full description  
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  • Lou Gehrig's high school baseball team...
    Item #699912
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 12, 1920

    * High school all-star game - Wrigley Field
    * Commerce High School, Brooklyn, New York
    * 17-year old Lou Gehrig as a upcoming star


    The top of page 16 has a one column heading: "CHICAGO-N.Y. PREP DIAMOND SERIES IS ON" (see images) This game would take place a few weeks later at Wrigley Field.... Read full description  
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  • Presumed dead, she was not...   On the Cheyenne Massacre...
    Item #699902
    THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, Feb. 13, 1879  

    * The "Risen From the Dead" Phenomenon
    * The Cheyennes "Seven Surviving Braves"  


    Page 3 has a curious article: "Risen From The Dead" "Robed for the Grave and Coffin When Life Returns" being a case of a woman presumed dead,... Read full description  
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  • On Sitting Bull...   How to treat the Indians...
    Item #699898
    THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, Jan. 31, 1879  

    * Chief Sitting Bull
    * Hunkpapa Lakota
    * Indians - Native Americans


    Page 4 has two interesting editorials, one headed: "Sitting Bull" which relates to his return to American soil from Canada, and the other: "How to Treat the Indians" which reflects upon a... Read full description  
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  • On the invention of the electric light...
    Item #699893
    THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, Jan. 20, 1879

    * Inventors Thomas Edison & Henry Draper
    * Electric light experiments & development


     Page 3 has over a full column taken up with much detail on a controversy on the invention of the electric light, this one concerning Professor Draper and his involvement, with much mention of... Read full description  
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  • 1917 Ferdinand von Zeppelin death...
    Item #699769
    THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, March 9, 1917

    * Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin death w/ photo
    * Inventor of the German Zeppelin rigid airships
    * Luftschiffbau Zeppelin manufacturing Co. founder


    The front page has a one column heading: "COUNT ZEPPELIN DIES IN BERLIN" with subhead and photo of Count Zeppelin. (see images)
    Complete with 12 pages,... Read full description  
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  • Dwight Eisenhower Recieves Charter At Columbia University...
    Item #699762
    NEW YORK TIMES, October 13, 1948

    * President Dwight D. Eisenhower
    * Becomes Columbia University President


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "EISENHOWER TAKES OFFICE AT COLUMBIA; STRESSES FREEDOM" with subheads that include: "19,000 View Ceremonies" plus a two column photo of IKE... Read full description  
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  • Private citizen George Washington hopes to solve the Indian troubles...
    Item #699749
    THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Feb. 19, 1785  The back page has an: "Extract of a Letter from New York" which reports on the troubles with the Indians along the Ohio River. One big men lions: "...General Washington, who has now reduced himself to the rank of a private citizen, has offered to go... Read full description  
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  • On one of the major pioneers in manned balloon flights...
    Item #699738
    THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Jan. 6, 1785  

    * Early ballooning - aviation pioneer
    * Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier


    Page 5 has a paragraph on one of the pioneers of manned flight, noting: "The famous M. Pilastre de Rozier, after having in vain waited...for a favourable wind to waft him & his... Read full description  
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