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  • 1952 Canada Lee death....
    Item #687458
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 10, 1952

    * Canada Lee death (1st report)
    * Professional boxer & actor
    * African American acting pioneer


    Page 4 has a one column heading: "Canada Lee, Famous Negro Actor, Dead" with small photo. (see)
    Complete with 24 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally... Read full description  
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  • 1926 Granite, Colorado train wreck disaster...
    Item #687454
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 6, 1926

    * Granite, Chaffee County, Colorado
    * Arkansas River train wreck disaster


    The front page has a one column heading: "Trains Topples Into River; 15 Dead, 50 Hurt" First report coverage on the Granite train wreck of 1926.
    Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all... Read full description  
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  • Last issue published before his presses were destroyed by the Sons of Liberty...
    Item #687444
    RIVINGTON'S NEW-YORK GAZETTEER; or, the CONNECTICUT, HUDSON'S RIVER, NEW-JERSEY, and QUEBEC WEEKLY ADVERTISER, New York, Nov. 23, 1775

    * American Revolutionary War
    * Extremely rare publication
    * James Rivington - spy publisher


     James Rivington, the famous printer of this newspaper, had... Read full description  
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  • The Olive Branch Petition: a last-gasp attempt to prevent all-out war...
    Item #687432
    RIVINGTON'S NEW-YORK GAZETTEER; or, the CONNECTICUT, HUDSON'S RIVER, NEW-JERSEY, and QUEBEC WEEKLY ADVERTISER, New York, Aug. 24, 1775  
    Certainly the most notable content in this issue is found taking over a full column of page 1 and a bit of page 2, being the very historic Olive Branch... Read full description  

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  • First of this title we have encountered...
    Item #687407
    ALEXANDRIA DAILY GAZETTE COMMERCIAL & POLITICAL, Virginia, July 13, 1812  

    * Very rare 19th century American publication

    A very scarce title, in fact we believe this is the first we have encountered it. There are no issues of this date recorded in Brigham outside of the American Antiquarian Society.
    The masthead features an... Read full description  
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  • The Declaration of Independence...
    Item #687396
    THE UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE, London, England, August, 1776  

    * Original Declaration of Independence... the complete text
    * As reported from Great Britain


    It would be difficult to argue for a more important document in American history than the Declaration of Independence. It remains a desire of most collectors to find issues containing reference to... Read full description  
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  • 1952 Gen. Francis Dodd hostage release...
    Item #687391
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 12, 1952

    * General Francis Dodd
    * Korean War hostage release
    * Geojedo Island, South Korea


    The top of the front page has a three column photo with heading: "Released General Greeted On Arrival In Seoul" Also a one column heading: "NEWS ON GEN. DODD WITHHELD BY ARMY AS INQUIRY STARTS" with subheads.... Read full description  
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  • Imports, exports...   Yankee Doodle...
    Item #687381
    THE PENNSYLVANIA CHRONICLE & UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, March 6, 1769  

    * Early Yankee Doodle song mention
    * Importation - exportation tensions


    The front page has an interesting article about: "...George being now master of the ceremonies made the music play just as he pleased; and one night...he swore he would exhibit to the... Read full description  
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  • Washington agrees to help establish a military force...   Much on the end of the war...
    Item #687373
    THE INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE & THE UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER, Boston, Sept. 18, 1783 

    * General George Washington
    * United States military force
    * Revolutionary War ending events


    A nice feature of the masthead is a great engraving taken from (modeled after) one done earlier by Paul Revere, showing a... Read full description  
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  • Freedom of the Press goes to Supreme Court...
    Item #687370
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 2, 1931

    * Near vs. Minnesota re. freedom of the press
    * Landmark United States Supreme Court decision


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "'PRESS GAG' BARRED BY SUPREME COURT; MINNESOTA LAW HIT" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues inside. First report coverage on the... Read full description  
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  • The California bandit is finally captured...
    Item #687369
    NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1874 

    * Tiburcio Vasquez captured
    * California bandido
    * Los Angeles outlaw


    The front page has a report of the capture of the infamous bandit Tiburcio Vasquez. Vasquez was a Mexican bandit who was active in California from as early as 1857 until his capture. The Vasquez Rocks, the steep, sloped rocks about 40... Read full description  
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  • Alabama wins Rose Bowl in 1946
    Item #687355
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, January 2, 1946

    * Rose Bowl: Alabama Crimson Tide vs. USC Trojans
    * Orange Bowl: Miami Hurricanes vs. Holy Cross Crusaders
    * Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. St. Mary's
    * Cotton Bowl: Texas Longhorns vs. Missouri Tigers

    Page 14 has a one column heading: "Alabama Rolls over USC, 34-14" with lineups and... Read full description  
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  • Handsome, patriotic newspaper with war-related reports...
    Item #687350
    THE INDEPENDENT LEDGER & AMERICAN ADVERTISER, Boston, March 13, 1780 

    * One of the more patriotic mastheads from the Revolutionary War

    The masthead includes one of the more patriotic engravings of the Revolutionary War, described by the motto just under the dateline: "All Hands With One Inflamed, Enlightened... Read full description  
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  • Fate of Col. Hayne...   The Asgill Affair...   Keep fighting, or not
    Item #687347
    THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET OR THE GENERAL ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, May 2, 1782  

    * American Revolutionary War

    The front page begins with a lengthy report headed: "Office of Finance" signed by: Robert Morris
    Page 2 begins with a very fine & detailed letter from Col. Stewart to Earl Cornwallis dated... Read full description  
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  • Washington involved in a plan to exchange prisoners...
    Item #687346
    THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET OR THE GENERAL ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, May 27, 1779  

    * American Revolutionary War
    * General George Washington
    * Exchange of prisoners talks


    The front page begins with two detailed reward ads for deserted soldiers.
    One-third of the front page and over one-third of page 2 are taken up with the:... Read full description  
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  • Post 1873 Colfax, Louisiana massacre.....
    Item #687335
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, Indiana, May 7, 1873

    * Post Colfax massacre - riot
    * St. Martinville Parish, Louisiana
    * Unrest continues in the State


    The top of page 9 has one column headings that include: "LOUISIANA" "Progress Of The Civil War" "Picket Firing at St. Martinsville" and more.
    Complete with 16 pages, nice... Read full description  
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  • One of the more rare Revolutionary War titles...   Battle of Bunker Hill...   Patrick Henry...   so much more...
    Item #687318
    STORY & HUMPHREYS'S PENNSYLVANIA MERCURY & UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, October 6, 1775 

    * Battle of Bunker Hill
    * Revolutionary War
    * Very rare publication


    Certainly one of the more scarce titles from during the Revolutionary War. This is the volume 1 number 27 issue of a... Read full description  
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  • With the "Supplement" issue as well.  Fine content...
    Item #687300
    THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, May 16, 1768 

    * Pro-British American publication
    * Tensions build with England

    The entire front page and most of pg. 2 are taken up with a continued report titled: "An Account of Corsica; & the Memoirs of the famous Pascal Paoli the commander in chief of the Corsicans."
    Page 2 contains a... Read full description  
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  • Nice reporting on the war in the South...
    Item #687291
    THE INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE & THE UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER, Boston, Jan. 25, 1781  

    * Rare Revolutionary War title from America

    A very handsome issue as the masthead features an engraving taken from one done by Paul Revere for colonial currency at the time. It is a very patriotic device showing a soldier with a sword in one hand and a... Read full description  
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  • Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, in an American newspaper...
    Item #687288
    THE SALEM GAZETTE, Massachusetts, December 20, 1781  

    * Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
    * American Revolutionary War ending


    This issue contains one of the most historically significant letters from the Revolutionary War, being Cornwallis' official announcement of his surrender to Washington at the Battle... Read full description  
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  • The King addressses Parliament on the dire situation in America...
    Item #687287
    THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE and GENERAL ADVERTISER, Portsmouth, Feb. 23, 1782

    * Rare publication during Revolutionary War

     This is certainly one of the less common titles from the Revolutionary War era.
    Page 2 has a letter that notes in part: "...the Americans might yet be brought back to a constitutional... Read full description  
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  • The Olive Branch Petition: a last-gasp attempt to prevent all-out war...
    Item #687282
    PENNSYLVANIA LEDGER, Philadelphia, Aug. 19, 1775 

    * The "Olive Branch Petition"
    * Revolutionary War beginning
    * Second Continental Congress


    Certainly the most notable content in this issue is found taking over half of page 2, being the very historic Olive Branch Petition.
    This was one of the more... Read full description  
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  • Wilbur Underhill shot and captured...
    Item #687261
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, December 31, 1933

    * Wilbur Underhill Jr. shot & captured
    * "Tri-State Terror" - Oklahoma bandit


    The front page has a one column heading: "Wilbur Underhill Makes Last Stand" with subhead. (see)
    Complete with 40+ pages, light toning at the margins, a little spine wear, generally nice.

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  • Abraham Lincoln is elected president...
    Item #687250
    NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Nov. 12, 1864

    * Abraham Lincoln elected president (2nd term)
    * 1st report plus Civil War reporting


     Page 3 has a nice illustration headed: "Prison At Andersonville, Georgia" with related text with one column heads: "Rebel Cruelties To Prisoners" "The Horrors of Andersonville, of Libby... Read full description  
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  • Two front page Civil War maps...
    Item #687248
    NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 13, 1861  The front page has two maps titled: "THE AFFAIR AT CHICAMACOMICO" and "THE FIGHT AT SANTA ROSA ISLAND" which is in Florida near Pensacola Bay.
    Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "THE REBELLION" "Advance of the Rebels on the Potomac" "Battle Between the... Read full description  
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  • A different title from Tombstone, Arizona...
    Item #687226
    TOMBSTONE PROSPECTOR, Arizona, June 4, 1889  

    * Very rare wild West publication
    * Gunfight at the O.K. Corral fame


    We have had a few other newspapers from the iconic Old West town of Tombstone, but this is perhaps the most uncommon. The masthead features a great engraving of a miner on a mule.
    The content is much as would be expected... Read full description  
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  • British reaction to Washington being named commander-in-chief...
    Item #687211
    THE CONNECTICUT JOURNAL, New Haven, Oct. 18, 1775

    * General George Washington
    * Named Commander-in-Chief 
    * Continental Army - British reaction


    The front page begins with a nice item from London concerning George Washington: "General Washington, who was lately appointed Generalissimo over the Provincials, has... Read full description  
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  • Dillinger's aid, Herbert Youngblood, killed...
    Item #687162
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 17, 1934

    * The hunt for John Dillinger
    * Negro Herbert Youngblood Shot Dead
    * Crown Point, Indiana escape partner
    * re. famous wooden gun jail break


    The front page has a one column heading: "AIDE, SHOT, REVEALS DILLINGER'S TRAIL" with subheads. (see)
    Complete with 32 pages, light toning at the... Read full description  
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  • Many honors to George Washington and Nathanael Greene for their leadership in the Revolutionary War...
    Item #687144
    THE PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL & THE WEEKLY ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, Dec. 17, 1783  

    * American victory in the Revolutionary War
    * George Washington and Nathanael Greene


    This is certainly one of the more displayable newspapers of the Revolutionary War era with this quite large... Read full description  
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  • References to Cornwallis' surrender...   A plea to Congress by Loyalist James Rivington...
    Item #687139
    THE INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE AND THE UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER, Boston, Dec. 6, 1781  

    * American Revolutionary War
    * Post Surrender of Cornwallis
    * Loyalist James Rivington


    The masthead features an engraving taken from one done by Paul Revere, showing a soldier holding a sword and a document inscribed... Read full description  
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  • Block the ports of the Massachusetts Bay colony?
    Item #687129
    THE ESSEX GAZETTE, Salem, Massachusetts, Nov. 6, 1770

    * Colonial Massachusetts original

     The front page has reports from London concerning the growing tensions with America,  bits including: "...now under consideration to block up all the ports belonging to the colony of Massachusetts Bay & not to suffer the... Read full description  
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  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish football... 1946 National champions....
    Item #687120
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 6, 1966

    * Notre Dame Fighting Irish
    * Named National champions
    * NCAA college football


    The sport's section (page 62) has a one column heading: "Notre Dame Voted No. 1 by Writers In Concluding Poll" with standings. (see) First report coverage on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish... Read full description  
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  • 1878 Birch Creek battle... Indians...
    Item #687119
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 11 , 1878

    * Battle of Birch Creek
    * Near Pendleton, Oregon
    * Bannock War - Indians


    The top of page 5 has one column headings: "HOWARD STRIKES INDIANS" "A Gallant Fight On Butler Creek" and more. (see)
    Complete with 8 pages, generally nice.
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  • Debut of the NBA...  1st ever pro basketball game in Chicago...
    Item #687117
    CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, November 3, 1946 

    * 2nd ever NBA basketball game
    * Chicago Stags 1st game
    * Historic report


    Page 4of section 2 has a somewhat discrete report with a one column heading: "Stags Win 1st Start in New Basket League" (see) This was actually the 2nd ever NBA game played (night before) and... Read full description  
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  • Michael Jordan's very 1st NBA game...
    Item #687112
    LOS ANGLES TIMES, Oct. 27, 1984

    * Michael Jordan's makes his NBA debut
    * Chicago Bulls professional basketball


    Page 13 of the sport's section has a very small and inconspicuous heading: "Chicago 109, Washington 93" with text beginning with: "Michael Jordan, who has received more accolades than any rookie since Magic... Read full description  
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  • First Alcatraz Prison escape attempt in 1936...
    Item #687108
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 28, 1936

    * 1st Alcatraz Island escape attempt
    * Federal prison - Joseph Bowers


    The top of page 10 has a one column heading: "CONVICT IS KILLED FLEEING ALCATRAZ" with subheads. (see)
    Complete with all 44 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.
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  • Early report on the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, and so much more...
    Item #687095
    THE CONNECTICUT COURANT & WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, Hartford, Nov. 6, 1781  

    * Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
    * American Revolutionary War ending


    Certainly the most notable content is an early report of the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
    The page 2 report notes in part: "The General is... Read full description  
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  • Execution of Col. Isaac Hayne, and much more...
    Item #687094
    THE CONNECTICUT JOURNAL, New Haven, October 11, 1781 

    * American Revolutionary War original
    * American Issac Hayne's execution - hanging


    Most of the front page is taken up with various correspondences from and to C. Fraser, Isaac Hayne, Lord Rawdon & John Collock, with a prefacing note: "The following are authentic... Read full description  
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  • Prohibition ends in Missouri...
    Item #687081
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 20, 1933 

    * End of Prohibition - repeal
    * Missouri repeals amendment
    * Beer - liquor returns


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "REPEALISTS WIN IN MISSOURI, 4 TO 1; BALLOTING IS LIGHT" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the state of Missouri ratifying the repeal of prohibition. Always... Read full description  
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  • John Dillinger's death...  "Woman in Red"...
    Item #687076
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, July 24, 1934 

    * John Dillinger death trap 
    * The Woman in Red (Anna Sage)


    The front page has a one column heading: "Dillinger Death Is Written Off" with subhead. Coverage continues on page 5.
    Complete with 22 pages, light toning and a little wear a the margins, generally nice.
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  • Psycho pre-opening day Advertisement....
    Item #687074
    THE DETROIT NEWS, July 26, 1960

    * Pre-opening day of original "Psycho" movie ad
    * Alfred Hitchcock
    * Anthony Perkins - Vera Miles

    This newspaper has a significant & historic advertisement for the movie "Psycho" on page 5-B. This advertisement is for the opening the movie which made it's premiere 2 days later in... Read full description  
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  • 1917 Walter Johnson photo... Washington Senators...
    Item #687068
    THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, Sept. 29, 1910

    * Pitcher Walter Johnson strikeouts record
    * Washington Senators - MLB baseball


    Page 3 has a one column heading: "New Strike Out Record Made" with photo of a young Johnson with heading. (see)
    Complete with 14 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally... Read full description  
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  • 1983 Aguila Blanca heist...
    Item #687065
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 14, 1983

    * Aguila Blanca (heist)
    * Victor Manuel Gerena
    * White Eagle armed robbery
    * Wells Fargo armored car
    * West Hartford, Connecticut


    The front page has a one column heading: "Wells Fargo Guard Accused of Stealing $7 Million in Cash" (see)
    Complete with all 48 pages, address label within the masthead, otherwise... Read full description  
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  • Winston Churchill car accident that could have changed history...
    Item #687064
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 14, 1931

    * Winston Churchill hit by car in Manhattan
    * Accident that could have changed the World


    The front page has a one column heading: "Churchill Hit By Automobile On City Street" (see)
    Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 32 pages, rag edition in... Read full description  
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  • Francis P. Duffy death... Thailand Constitution creation...
    Item #687060
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 27, 1932

    * 1st Constitution of Thailand
    * Francis D. Duffy death
    * 69th Infantry Regiment


    The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "SIAMESE KING PONDERS DRAFT OF CONSTITUTION" with subheads and small photo. (see)
    The top of page 13 has a one column heading: "
    FATHER DUFFY, 42D... Read full description  
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  • Selma Al civil rights ordeal begins...
    Item #687053
    THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, February 6, 1965

    * Selma & Marion MS demonstrations
    * Civil Rights - Voting
    * Martin Luther King Jr.


    The front page has a one column heading: "King Seeks LBJ 'Rights' Meeting". (see) Coverage on the arrest of many negro school children in Selma & Marion Mississippi where Martin Luther... Read full description  
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  • March from Selma to Montgomery...
    Item #687052
    THE PRATT TRIBUNE, Kansas, March 13, 1965 

    * Selma to Montgomery, Alabama 
    * Martin Luther King Jr.
    * Fight for Civil Rights era original


    The top of the front page has a four column headline: "President Ready Anytime To Talk With Alabama Governor" (see) Also a one column heading: "Start Fund For Slain Minister" (see)
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  • Muncie, Indiana George R. Dale death...
    Item #687043
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 28, 1936

    * George R. Dale death (1st report)
    * Muncie, Indiana mayor & more
    * Ku Klux Klan - KKK opposer  


    The top of page 15 has a one column heading: "GEORGE DALE DIES; KU KLUX KLAN FOE" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as... Read full description  
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  • 1866 Fetterman Fight massacre....
    Item #687037
    NEW YORK TIMES, December 27, 1866.
     
    * Fetterman Massacre
    * Fort Laramie


    On page 4 under "Terrible Massacre At Fort Laramie" "Three Officers and Ninety Soldiers Surrounded and Butchered" is a rather inconspicuous report reading in full: "A terrible massacre occurred on the 22d, near Fort Phil. Kearny. Brevet Col.... Read full description  
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  • News from California...
    Item #686996
    DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., May 29, 1849  Page 3 has one-third of a column taken up with: "From California" which has several news reports.
    Four pages, very nice condition.
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