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Item #710500NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Feb. 3, 1844 Pages 2 and 3 contain a lengthy article concerning the Mormons in Nauvoo. Headed: "The Mormons", bits include: "This singular community contrive to make themselves of importance. Numbering as they do many thousand persons, all moving with the perfect devotion at the nod of their prophet, and... Read full description -
Item #710441THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Dec. 28, 1786 The front page is mostly taken up with an article: "Elements of the Science of Ethics on the Principles of Natural Philosophy" which references the Cherokee Indians.
Pages 3 & 4 contain over a full page of news reports headed: "American News" with much concerning the Shays' Rebellion,... Read full description -
Item #710354NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Dec. 31, 1864 Among the column herads on gthe Civil War: "WILMINGTON" "General Plan of Attack...Operations of the Fleet - Landing of the Troops..." "News From Sherman - Mails - The Powder Boat" "Gen. Stoneman's Recent Raid" "The Wilmington Failure" "From Gen. Thomas'... Read full description -
Item #710244BOSTON DAILY ADVERTISER, Feb. 21, 1822
* Paul Revere's son
The front page has an illustrated ad for "Joseph W. Revere..."Factory and ship Bells..." with a bit more.
Joseph was the 3rd Paul Revere's 8 children, taking over the bell foundry business from his father in 1811.
Four pages, never bound nor... Read full description -
Item #710033THE PIONEER, San Jose, California, Aug. 2, 1879 The masthead notes: "Devoted To The Interests Of The Pioneers of California And the Resources of the Golden State."
The masthead is one of the more graphic we have seen, featuring three vignettes: one of settlers traveling, one of a bear, and another of a detailed mining scene.... Read full description -
Item #709880RELIGIO 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 -
Item #709878NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, Dec. 22 1843
* Very early Abraham Lincoln
* Springfield, Illinois
The top of page 2 has a report headed: "Advice From Illinois" being an account of activities in the state Whig Convention in Springfield, mentioning in part: "...The following gentlemen constitute the Electoral ticket: Electors at... Read full description -
Item #709873ROCHESTER 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 -
Item #709872THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, Sept. 12, 1879
* Early old West publication
* Tombstone, Arizona growing
The front page has: "Arizona Items" which has reports from Tombstone, noting in part: "The Tombstone section is keeping hip ts reputation in cutting & shooting...Thos. Bridge, who was stabbed on August 10th while playing a game of... Read full description -
Item #709761THE WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 18, 1812 (misprint of 1811 in dateline). Page 2 has: "Louisiana" with a prefacing note: "The following are the principal features of the constitution...".
The back page has: "The Shawannoe Prophet a Prisoner" which reports: "...that the prophet was surrendered a prisoner to gov.... Read full description -
Item #709619THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Jan. 10, 1784 Page 2 has a report from New York noting in part: "...a considerable number of soldiers, whose regiments had been disbanded by authority, have settled in the territories of the United States rather than go to Nova Scotia where they would have been sent at... Read full description -
Item #709350NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 1, 1845
* Early Mormons - Mormonism
* Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois
Inside has an address to the anti-Mormon citizens of Hancock (Ill.), submitting copies of a correspondence between a group of citizens and the "twelve" at Nauvoo.
This discusses the removal of the Mormons from the state, including:... Read full description -
Item #709150NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Washington City, Jan. 5, 1839 Page 2 has a report from the Missouri legislature which includes "...governor has made a statement of the expenses of the Mormon war...and suggests that the United States are liable for it. The governor's position is that the Mormon movement was an insurrection & that the national... Read full description -
Item #709046COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, February 6, 1799 Included with this issue is a 4 page supplement which contains what appears to be the entire text of Timothy Pickering's report to Congress and the President on the relations between the United States and France, what would be known as the X, Y, Z affair.
The front page of the "regular" 4 page issue... Read full description -
Item #708996COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, April 22, 1797 The front page contains not one but three Acts of Congress, each one signed in script type by the President: Go. Washington.
The Acts are regarding duties on distilled spirits, one for placing buoys in Boston harbor, and one for setting the time for the next meeting of... Read full description -
Item #708880THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY, OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, Dec. 24, 1800 A wonderful masthead makes this a displayable issue.
Page 3 has a report headed: "State of the Votes for President & Vice President of the United States" show votes for Adams, Pickney, Jefferson, and Burr. The report beneath the chart includes: "It is now... Read full description -
Item #708724NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 17, 1865 Near the top of the front page: "Gen. Lee Takes the Amnesty Oath" which includes the complete printing of the document in which he pledges to support the Constitution of the United States & support all laws regarding the emancipation of slaves, signed in type: R. E.... Read full description -
Item #708699NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 2, 1865 Much reporting on Reconstruction efforts in the South. The front page has: "THE SOUTH AS IT IS" "A View of the Battle-Field of Stone River" "Operations of the Freedmen's Bureau" "Visit to the Home of General Andrew Jackson" "Atlanta & What There is Left of It".
Page 2 has more on... Read full description -
Item #708598NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 16, 1858 The last column on the front page has: "The Great Chess Tournament In Europe", with more than 2 1/2 columns regarding Paul Morphy's travel to Europe in 1858 to play Harry Staunton (a match which never took place), and an account of their correspondence related to what is now referred to as... Read full description -
Item #708592THE DAILY STATE REGISTER, Carson City, Nevada, Nov. 8, 1872 Situated just east of Lake Tahoe at the western "elbow" of the state, this issue from its heyday during the mining era has various news, ads and notices on the front page, with much news on pages 2 and3.
Carson City is named for the famed mountain man Kit Carson & is... Read full description -
Item #708471NEW YORK TIMES, June 26, 1865 Articles inside include: "The Freedmen's Bureau - Report of the Condition o the Freedmen" "The Homeward March" which reports on the soldiers returning from the fields of battle; "Negro Suffrage an Uncertain Remedy--The True Reliance" "Reconstruction In South Carolina" "From North Carolina -... Read full description -
Item #708430NEW YORK TIMES, May 6, 1865 Among the first column heads on the closing moments of the Civil War are: "AMNESTY & PARDON" "Gen. Halleck Offers Amnesty to the Southern People" "They May Take the Oath and Go Where they Please" "Officers Excepted from Amnesty May Apply for Pardon" "How Jeff Davis & His Cabinet were Received in North... Read full description -
Item #708392NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 18, 1861 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War: "THE REBELLION" "Condition of Affairs Along the Hostile Lines in Virginia" "Important From Missouri" "Occupation of St. Joseph by Union Troops" "Details of Gen. Rosecrans' Victory at Carnifex Ferry" "Reported Evacuation of Columbus, Ky. by the Rebels" "Union... Read full description -
Item #708377NEW YORK TIMES, June 20, 1861 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War: "HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS" "The Particulars of the Battle of Booneville, Mo." "Utter Rout of the Rebel Forces" "Important From Western Virginia" "Another Fight At Phillippa Expected" "Important From Missouri" "Unsuccessful Attempt of the Rebels to Cross... Read full description -
Item #708376NEW YORK TIMES, June 22, 1861 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War: "THE GREAT INSURRECTION" "Important News from Fortress Monroe" "Fifteen Thousand Rebel Troops at Norfolk" "The Reported Advance of Rebels from Yorktown" "Intelligence Communicated by Deserters from the Rebel Camp" "Plans of the Rebel Leaders,... Read full description -
Item #708284NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 17, 1861 Among front page column heads on the Civil War are: "HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS" "Arrest of Messrs. Slidell and Mason, the Rebel Commissioners to Europe" "NEWS FROM THE SOUTH" "Stampede of the Rebels in Savannah" "The Union Men of Tennessee Reported in Possession of Bristol" and more.
On... Read full description -
Item #708171NATIONAL AEGIS, Worcester, Massachusetts, June 1, 1808 The front page contains six Acts of Congress, one for providing money for the support of the Navy of the United States, another for laying an Embargo on all ship & vessels, another for providing voting rights to those in the Mississippi Territory, and another... Read full description -
Item #708144SALEM REGISTER, Massachusetts, July 28, 1803 The entire front page ks taken up with a very lengthy & detailed article headed: "Character Of THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States. by Allan B. Magruder".
Page 3 has a report noting: "The Palladium is sorry that federalism has so few friends in the new State Ohio, where it... Read full description -
Item #708012NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, March 20, 1819 Close to eight pages are taken up with what one website lists as number 3 of "The Ten Most Significant Supreme Court Decisions Of All Time" (#2 is Roe vs. Wade; #1 is the Dred Scott Decision).
This is the case of McCulloch vs. the state Maryland, the... Read full description -
Item #707933NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 9, 1864 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War: "Army Of The Potomac" "The Enemy Found in Force, and a Sharp Fight the Result" "Object Accomplished, and Our Troops Retire" "Lee's Present Position, Strength, and Future Intentions" "A Heavy Force of Union Troops Advancing Upon Richmond" "A Fight Expected... Read full description -
Item #707916NEW YORK TIMES, March 10, 1864 Among the column headlines on the Civil War are: "THE WAR IN TENNESSEE" "The Recent Fight at Thompson's Station" "Desperate Valor Of Our Forces" "Our Loss 300 Killed and Wounded and 1,000 Prisoners" "IMPORTANT FROM VICKSBURGH" "General Grant's Plans... Read full description -
Item #707675THE NEW NORTHWEST, Portland, Oregon, Aug. 3, 1882 A great title for a newspaper from this part of the country in the 19th century.
Many of the articles are literary-related, with various illustrated ads as well. Eight pages, nice condition. -
Item #707671THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 10, 1861 This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.Among the articles are: "The Slaves as a Military Element in the South" "The Battle at Springfield, Mo." "Southern Intelligence--The Rebel Army of... Read full description -
Item #707636THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 27, 1865 One of the later dates of this once Copperhead newspaper (northern paper with pro-South leanings) that we have offered.
Among the reports: "Progress of Reconstruction" "Restoration of South Carolina" "Jefferson Davis--The Kentucky Resolutions" "The Programme Of Ruin - The Position of the... Read full description -
Item #707598THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 2, 1863 This anti-war newspaper insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.
Among the various articles are "The Purpose & Object of Abolition Lies" "General Jackson" "The Campaign In Ohio" "Abolition Attack on a Democratic Procession--A Fight & Several... Read full description -
Item #707430THE NATIONAL ERA, Washington, D.C., May 5, 1853 This newspaper is forever linked to the best-selling novel of the 19th century: "Uncle Tom's Cabin", for the book was originally released as a 40 week serial in this anti-slavery newspaper beginning in June, 1851. It was the newspaper's publisher who encouraged Stowe to produce the... Read full description -
Item #707404THE ARCOLA RECORD, Illinois, March 28, 1867 This is the volume 1 issue of a very scarce newspaper, as Gregory (Union List of American Newspapers) lists only two institutions having just a single issue each (1876 and 1883) and another institution having only issues dated after October, 1914.
Various news & ads... Read full description -
Item #707281THE OBSERVATOR, London, England, Oct. 9, 1684 A dialogue newspaper founded by Sir Roger L'Estrange, a Tory pamphleteer, as a vehicle for attacking dissenters and Whigs. This early singlesheet newspaper has the old style type making it great for framing, particularly with the over 340 year old date clearly visible... Read full description -
Item #707244THE TIME-PIECE & LITERARY COMPANION, New York, Feb. 1, 1798 A quite rare title by Philip Freneau which lasted from March 13, 1797 to August 30, 1798.
Nearly half of the front page and much of page 2 have various reports from: "Congress". Page 2 also has an article concerning the infamous publisher William Cobbett and... Read full description -
Item #707060NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 1, 1871 Among the front page column heads: "Bold Outrage by Kuklux in Mississippi" "Suspension of Habeas Corpus in South Carolina Justified" "Prosecution of the Mormon Cases to be Persisted In" "Awkward Position of the Husband of a Ninth Wife".
Among the subheads: "The Mormons" "Mayor Wells' Bail--The Ninth Wife of Auditor... Read full description -
Item #707028WEEKLY PRESS & TIMES, Nashville, Tennessee, Nov. 26, 1865 Various reports from shortly after the end of the city, much relating to Reconstruction efforts to re-join the nation as is evidenced in the photos. And page 3 has an article: "Old Grizzly Adams - How He Humbugged Barnum - His Death Scene". A... Read full description -
Item #706978NEW YORK EVENING POST, July 31, 1802 This is the famous newspaper founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1801, still publishing today.
The front page is taken up with advertisements, 8 of which are illustrated ship ads. Various news reports of the day from Thomas Jefferson's administration.
Four pages, minor margin tears, nice condition. -
Item #706704FEDERAL GAZETTE & BALTIMORE DAILY ADVERTISER, July 5, 1796 Curiously, five different type fonts are used to print the title in the masthead. The front page features 20 illustrated ship ads, making it very displayable.
The back page has an ad beginning: "For Sale, A Healthy Negro Girl...", plus no fewer than 3 reward ads... Read full description -
Item #706599NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Aug. 12, 1863
* President Abraham Lincoln letter
* American Civil War conscription
The top of the first column has: "President Lincoln On The Draft" "Retaliation for Abuse of Colored Troops" which has his letter signed in type: A. Lincoln. Also: "Lee Expected To Attack Meade" "End of the Naval Campaign in the Mississippi" and more.
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Item #706592THE TIMES, London, England, Sept. 29, 1814 Page 2 has a report headed: "City Of Washington Destroyed" as taken from American newspapers.
The report begins: "This day we have the disagreeable task of recording the capture & destruction of the city of Washington, the capital of the United States! Six... Read full description -
Item #706108THE LITERARY TABLET, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 2, 1806 A scarce title as it is not listed in Brigham's "History & Bibliography of American Newspapers" nor in Mott's "History of American Magazines". it existed from 1803 thru 1807.
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Item #706092THE UNIVERSAL GAZETTE, Philadelphia, Feb. 28, 1799 The front page has 1 1/2 columns on a letter to: "The Secretary of the Navy" from William Bainbridge, concerning the controversy of him surrendering his ship to the French in the Quasi-War, which was a limited naval war against French privateers who were seizing U.S.... Read full description -
Item #706066THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, July 27, 1803 Page 2 contains: "Washington - By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION" calling for convening Congress about the Louisiana Purchase, signed: Thomas Jefferson. Immediately following is: "Feature Of The Treaty" with... Read full description -
Item #705904EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, April 23, 1918 Nice front page headlines on World War I include: "BRITISH, IN DARING OPERATOINS, SEAL UP GERMAN DIVER BASE" "British Improve Positions In Vigorous Attack" "Germany Threatens Dutch" and related subheads.
Complete in 14 pages, address label on the front page, partially loose... Read full description -
Item #705714THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, June 5, 1673 A very interesting issue as the bottom of the back page has an advertisement for the publishing of a pamphlet titled "Mr. Baxter Baptized in Blood..." with further details noting: "...containing a horrible murther [murder] committed by four Anabaptists upon the person... Read full description
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