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THE CONTINENTAL JOURNAL & WEEKLY ADVERTISER, Boston, August 13, 1778  Most of the front page is taken up with news & correspondence concerning America negotiating a treaty of assistance with France, including mention of Ben Franklin.
Page 3 has several reports on the war including a report from Fishkill on the battles at Long Island & Staten Island, then a letter to General Heath from Rhode Island concerning the situation there, followed y a letter from Major-General John Hancock at Rhode…

EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, Scotland, December 18, 1779 

* Revolutionary War 
* Rhode Island 

Page 3 has an item: "Now that Rhode Island is evacuated it is said D'Estaign will take immediate possession of it in the name of his Most Christian Majesty as it is expressly stipulated in one of the articles between the French King and the Congress that the French shall have possession of Rhode Island as soon as the English leave it."
Much reporting on European affairs and reports from the…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 31, 1869 The full front page illustration is 'Ida Lewis, The Heroine of Newport' with additional coverage inside two halfpage illustrations: 'Lime Rock Island, off Newport, Rhode Island" and 'Interior of Lime Rock Lighthouse - Ida Lewis at Home'.  The doublepage centerfold: 'Sketches of the National Camp-Meeting at Round Lake, New York' shows 13 scenes. A full page illustration 'On the Beach at Newport, Rhode Island' is very displayable. "The New Suspension…

GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, February, 1779  

* Great siege of Rhode Island print
* American Revolutionary War original

This issue leads off with reports on the debates in Parliament, which include discussion on the Revolutionary War, including: "...the conduct of the army under the command of Gen. Howe; he seized the opportunity of painting in the blackest colours the ingratitude of the Americans; & concluded with exhorting the House to unanimity in prosecuting the war against them..." with…

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 13, 1934

* Woonsocket, Rhode Island mill riot
* General Textile Strike of 1934

The top of the front page has nice banner headline: "RIOT RAGES; ASK U.S. TROOPS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Related photo on page 2. Four more photos are on the back page with heading.
Complete with 32 pages, rag edition in great condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 12, 1934

* Saylesville, Rhode Island mill riot
* General Textile Strike of 1934

The top of the front page has nice banner headline: "TEXTILE BATTLE WOUNDS 142" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Five related photos are on the back page with heading.
Complete with 34 pages, rag edition in great condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 4, 1896  Front 1/2 pg. illus. pertaining to the story "The Gray Man." Inside is a 1/2 pg. illus. of "The new Armory for Squadron A, N.G.N.Y." Small portrait of "Mr. John Hare." Full pg. illus. of "The United States Naval Torpedo Station, Newport Harbor, Rhode Island." Full pg. illus. of "The Crowning Feature of A Noble Work of Art."
Doublepage centerfold of "Which: Civilization, or the Return of Barbarism?" Full pg. illus. of "A Practice March in Texas" by…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 26, 1886  Nice full ftpg: 'The Priscilla Winning the Atlantic Club Regatta' is a great sailing scene. Fullpg. Thomas Nast political illustration: 'What Is Sure To Stick".
Doublepage centerfold: 'The Drive to the Soldier's Home at Washington' is a coaching scene. Fullpg: 'The U.S. War College, Newport, Rhode Island".
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. Complete in 16 pages.

SALEM REGISTER, Massachusetts, Oct. 28, 1805  Pages 1 and 2 contain reports on the life & funeral of Arthur Jenner, late governor of Rhode Island. Other news and ads of the day.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, minor foxing, good condition.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 25, 1895  Frontpg. has W.A. Rogers' Silver Standard themed: "Will He Be Buncoed? It Was Greenbacks; It Is Now Silver; And Always Fiat Money". Nice fullpg. on: 'Fort Adams, Newport, R.I.' shows 6 scenes. Fullpg: 'The Prado, Havana, Cuba'. Several illus. & article on a traveling circus & the rigors of setup, etc.
Complete issue.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 25, 1908 There is a front page illustration, "Good Business! - Mr. Bryan is Said to Have Made $52,000 Last Year From his Lectures" by W. A.. Rogers. There is an article with photos of "The Work and Play of the Fleet" by Robert Dunn. There are photos of "The Fight Across A Grave for a Dukedom"; an illustration of "The Oyster Shanty" by Henry J. Peck; and other advertisements of the day are included as well. See photos for full details.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 2, 1893  Front full pg. illus. of "Columbian Exposition - A Hot Day at the Fair." Inside is a full pg. of illus. of "The Moment in Congress for the Repeal of the Sherman Act." Full pg. of illus. of "Annual Meet of the American Canoe Association at Wolfe Island, St. Lawrence River." Two full pg. illus. of "The National Lawn Tennis Tournament at Newport" and "Columbian Exposition - An Evening on the Lagoon." Several pgs. of illus. pertaining to "Alaska Fish…

HARPER'S WEEKLY,, New York, Sept. 8, 1894 Full page: 'The Great Soda Lake in Inyo Co., Calif'. Three-quarter page: 'A Prayer For Rain' shows a farmer and a thirsty cornfield, done by A.B. Frost. Full page: 'The Sutro Baths, San Francisco' three photos of: 'The Foremost Players in the Tennis Tournament at Newport'
Complete issue.

HARPER'S WEEKLY Sept. 21, 1867 Full front pg. illus. of "The Raccoon Hunt." Inside: 1/3 pg. illus. of "Disaster to Shipping in the White Sea." 2/3 pg. illus. of "Seal Hunting as Practiced by the Norwegians." 1/3 pg. illus. of "Fairmount Water Works, Near Philadelphia." Small illus. of "Whale Captured Near Tiverton, Rhode Island." 1/2 pg. illus. of "Honors to Admiral Farragut, and Reception of the Empress of France at Cherbourg." Dblpgctrfld. of "The New England Agricultural Fair at Narraganset…

THE NEWPORT MERCURY, Rhode Island, May 9, 1797  

* President George Washington 
* Mount Vernon retirement 

Page 3 has a lengthy letter to George Washington from the Rhode Island General Assembly concerning his retirement from public office. It begins: "Having felt in common with our constituents the importance of your military and civil services, and being deeply affected by the resolution you have formed of retiring from public life, we beg leave to express to you our sentiments...".
This is…

GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, September 11, 1790  

* President George Washington 
* Address received and response 
* Brethren of King David's Lodge
* Newport, Rhode Island lodge 
* Masonic - Jewish - Jews - Judaica 

This is a very significant newspaper.  The middle column on the back page (page 4) contains the: "Address of the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of King David's Lodge to George Washington, President of the United States of America" signed in type by committee…

THE EVENING BULLETIN, Providence, Rhode Island, May 8, 1945  

* Surrender of Germany - Nazis 
* V-E Day celebrations underway

The banner headlines announce: "ALLIED ACCLAIM V-E DAY" "Terms To Be Signed In Berlin" "Guns Fall Silent At 6 Tonight" with many related subheads and a celebratory photo. 
Complete in 28 pages, good condition.

background: On May 8, 1945, the streets of Providence underwent a profound transformation as the "sober and subdued" rejoicing described by President…

GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, June 5, 1790 

* Copyright Act of 1790
* 1st federal copyright law
* President George Washington

A very significant issue for anyone in the publishing field, as page two has virtually an entire column taken up with the printing of: "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts and Books to the Authors & Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned." which was the copyright act, signed in type: George…

GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, Sept. 8, 1790 

* President George Washington
* Alexander Hamilton notice

The back page has a nice Act of Congress "...for the relief of disabled soldiers and seamen lately in the service of the United States..." headed by an engraving of a heraldic eagle & is signed in type: George Washington.
There are also two addresses to the President, one from the inhabitants of Providence, Rhode Island, and the other from the corporation of Rhode Island…

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, May 14, 1842 

* Dorr Rebellion - Rhode Island arsenal attack

Page 5 has news headed: "Rhode Island" which is consumed for information on the Dorr Rebellion, including an address by the rival governor Thomas Dorr, prefaced with: "The revolutionary legislature passed an act for the registration of votes throughout the state; an act repealing resolutions passed by the (charter) general assembly..." and more.
Sixteen pages, 8 1/2 by 12 inches, great…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 11, 1896  Full front page illus. of "A Drill Ride at the Michaux Club, New York." Inside is a full pg. of illus. of "Logging Railroad Ravages Around the Head Waters of the Mississippi - Loading a Train on One of the Spurs." Full pg. of illus. of "British Claims in Venezuela - Scenes in the Disputed Territory." Full pg. of illus. of "Some Harbor Forts of Cuba."
Two full pg. illus. of "The Happy Hunting Grounds of the Utes" and "Ancient New York Market Rights -…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 18, 1861  The front page shows: "The 'Lady Davis', Two Guns, Captain Enger, Ship of War of the Southern Confederacy" and "Rhode Island Artillery Landing from the Steamer 'Bienville' at Washington Arsenal...".
Inside has several full page prints including: "Colonel Ellsworth's New York Fire Zouaves", "Colonel William Wilson & His Staff (Wilson's Fighting Brigade)",  "The Battery or Park Promenade at Charleston, South Carolina, During the Bombardment of Fort…

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, May 21, 1842 

* Dorr Rebellion - Rhode Island arsenal attack

Pages 2, 3 & 4 contain a great deal on the Dorr Rebellion, including a lengthy "statement" to President John Tyler concerning the state of affairs in Rhode Island as a result of the Dorr Rebellion, with his response signed in type: John Tyler. Including as well are documents from R.I. governor Samuel W. King, as well as two letters signed in type by Thomas W. Dorr himself.
Else where is a…

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., August 19, 1925

* Steamer Mackinac
* Boiler explosion disaster
* Newport RI Rhode Island

The front page has a nice banner headline: "32 DEAD IN EXPLOSION" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. First report coverage on the boiler explosion of the Steamer Mackinac near Newport, Rhode Island.
Complete in 12 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, mainly along the spine, generally good.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 9, 1946

* Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island
* Oldest surviving building in United States 
* Declared a National Historic Site

Page 15 has one column headings that include: "NATION SETS APART TOURO SYNAGOGUE" "Shrine of Judaism at Newport, Oldest in Country, Designated as a Historic Site" "Relic Of Colonial Beauty" "Clergy of Other Faiths Join in Extolling Memorial to Early Patriots of America" with smaller subheads. Also on the same page is a three…

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 22, 2003

* The Station nightclub fire disaster
* Rock band Great White concert
* West Warwick, Rhode Island

The top of the front page has a four column headline: "Nightclub Fire Toll Nears 100; Band's Pyrotechnics Ignite a Life-or-Death Rush for the Exits" with two related photos. First report coverage continues inside with a few more photos.
Complete with all sections (120+ pages), great condition.

background: The 2003 Station Nightclub fire occurred on…

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, September 28, 1925

* USS S-51 class submarine
* United States Navy
* 'City of Rome' collision  disaster

The front page has a four column headline: "NO RESPONSE FROM WITHIN SUNKEN SUBMARINE S-51; HOPE FOR LIFE STILL HELD" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the sinking the USS S-51 (SS-162) submarine near Block Island off of Rhode Island.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 14 pages, a little margin wear, generally good.

THE OMAHA MORNING BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, September 28, 1925  This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include:

* Crew Alive ? Diver Hears Faint Knock
* Sub Fishers Spurred to New Effort by Life Sign; May Raise Hulk Today

and more. (see)

This tells of the sinking the USS S-51 (SS-162) submarine near Block Island off of Rhode Island.

Other news of the day. Usual browning with little margin wear, otherwise good.

EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, Scotland, Oct. 20, 1777 

* Rare Revolutionary War title

Page 2 has a report noting: "....from New  York but by which there were many private letters confirming the repulse at Staten Island. A letter from Rhode Island...says that Gen. Pigott was arrived there to take the command of the troops...were in no fear of the provincials, whose number...was said to be very few...It is said that the colony of Maryland has made propositions of returning to its allegiance,…

HARPER'S WEEKLY November 10, 1877. Front full pg. Nast illus. of "Another Sedan." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "A Cranberry Bog, Ocean County, New Jersey - Pickers at Work." Full pg. Nast illus. of "The Web We Ruin." 2/3 of a dblpgctrfld. of "The Battle of Kizil-Tepe, In Armenia." 2/3 pg. illus. of "Trafalgar - The Sinking of the 'Redoutable'." 1/4 pg. illus. of "The Monument to Roger Williams, Providence, Rhode Island." 1/2 pg. illus. of "In the Shipka Pass - Suleiman Pasha and His Staff…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 9, 1869 The full front page illustration is of "The Thorn in the Foot" which is very displayable.  Inside are three one-third page illustrations pertaining to "Shippan Point" including "View of Shippan Point, Opposite Stamford, Connecticut," "...Johnson and Miller's Auction Sale, September 21, 1869," and "...Visitors Inspection Property Preliminary to the Sale of September 21, 1869." A 1/6 page illustration of "Barbara Ubryk, the Incarcerated Nun of Cracow"…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 12, 1885  The full front is a print: "On Board the Puritan-Getting Aft the Main Sheet."
Among the prints inside are a full page with many smaller prints pertaining to: "Sketches from the Burlesque Opera "The Mikado."; a half page: "The Bicycle Tournament at Hartford-The Mile Race for Amateurs."; a half page: "The British Cutter Genesta in Dry Dock."
The doublepage centerfold shows: "On Board the Puritan-Muzzling the Jib-Topsail."; a full page by famed…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 13, 1895  Full front page illus. of "The Only Bipartisan Machine the People will Tolerate." Inside is a 1/2 pg. illus. of Harnessing in the Patio." Full pg. illus. of "All off in a Bunch." 1/2 pg. containing three illus. of "With the World's Transportation Commission in Aden." Full pg. of illus. pertaining to "The War in the East - Operations of the Japanese Forces."
Complete issue.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 16, 1892  The full front page is a print captioned: "Easter Lilies". Other prints within include a full page with 6 photos of: "The Revolt In Venezuela"; a full page with 7 illustrations and photos of: "The Sisseton Indians"; 4 prints of "The New York Board of Trade & Transportation"; prints of: "Shad Fishing on the Susquehanna River"; a print of: "The Pennsylvania State Building at the Chicago Fair" a full page of: "Columbian Exposition, Chicago--In the…

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 3, 1875

* Early Torpedoes development experiments
* Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island
* Naval Undersea Warfare Center - Goat Island

Page 4 has an article headed: "TORPEDOES" "Boom! Boom! Slap, Bang!" "Experiments with the Infernal Machines at Newport" and more. (see) Text takes up almost 2 1/2 columns.
Other news of the day. Complete with all 12 pages, nice condition.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 6, 1881  Full front page political cartoon by Thomas Nast: "Plucked of His Plumage (Or Patronage)". Prints inside include: "The cyclone at New Ulm", Minnesota, includes  6 scenes. "Sketches In The Azores" has 5 prints; the doublepage centerfold: "Unsavory Hunter's Point--The Factories & Refineries on Newtown Creek" in Queens, New York, has  5 scenes.
Also a full page with  ten scenes of: "Our Summer Resorts--Sketches At Coney Island"; a half page: "A Canoe…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 17, 1868 The front page features a nice half-page illustration "The 'Boys in Blue' Marching Down Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, October 2, 1868" and a smaller "Mass Meeting of the 'Boys in Blue' in Front of Independence Hall, Philadelphia, October 1, 1868". Also inside is a nice full page 'Grand Procession of the Boys in Blue at Philadelphia' and 'Scenes In The Life of a Trapper' shows 13 scenes, 1 shooting a bear.  "Stoner's Life-Preserving Apparatus at…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 7, 1863  The entire front page is taken up with a print: "The Army of the Cumberland--A Troop Train Passing Through the Big Cut on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad". Within the issue are a full page of: "Our Russian Visitors; full page: "The Soldier's Dream"; "Rebel Batteries at New Inlet, Wilmington, North Carolina, as Seen From the United States Steam Sloop 'Iroquis' " Works Thrown up Near the Railroad Bridge Over the Rappahannock"; "The Army of the…

HARPER'S WEEKLY October 4, 1890  Front full pg. illus. of "Pueblo Farmers Watching Their Crops." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "the Cotton Centenary Exhibition at Pawtucket, Rhode Island." 1/2 pg. portrait of "Colonel George R. Davis, of Illinois, Director-General of the World's Columbian Exposition." Two 1/4 pg. portraits of "Hon. James A. McKenzie" and "The Late Rev. Henry Parry Liddon."
Doublepage centerfold of "A Shower on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C." 1/2 pg. illus. of…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 14, 1869 The front page features a halfpage illustration of "The New Mercantile Library Building, Philadelphia." Also, two small illustrations of the "Medal Presented to Midshipman T. B. M. Mason by the Life Saving Benevolent Association of New York." Inside is a nearly full page illustration is of "Henry Wadsworth Longfellow," three one-third page illustrations entitled "Cable House, Rouse's Hummock, Duxbury, Massachusetts," "Landing of the French Cable at…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 29, 1896  Full front page illus. of "The Deadly Parallel." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "Hangers-on at the Headquarters of a National Committee During a Presidential Campaign." Full pg. illus. of "The Second Annual Musical Festival at Ocean Grove, New Jersey." Full pg. illus. of "Mr. McKinley Addressing the Survivors of His Old Regiment (Twenty-Third Ohio Volunteers) at Canton, Ohio, August 13." 1/4 pg. portrait of "Li Hung-Chang." 1/2 pg. illus. of "East…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March  23, 1895  Full ftpg. shows scenes on board a naval ship. Halfpg: A Trolley Ambulance Car'.
Doublepage centerfold with 7 photos of the 'Lenox & Astor Libraries'. Several scenes in Tuxedo, N.Y.
Complete issue.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 27, 1889. Front full pg. illus. of "What, Dat Hat, Miss Sally! Indignantly Lifting the insulted hat out of the Box and Holding it up for Us to Look At." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The First League Game of Baseball of the Season." Several small portraits of "The Leaders in the International Chess Tournament." 2/3 pg. illus. of "The Grant Relics." Full pg. illus. of "Washington Relics at the Centennial Loan Exhibition." 1/3 pg. illus. of "The Bursted Boom."…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 10, 1897  Full front page illus. of "The Senator From Massachusetts Interrupts." Inside is a full pg. of illus. of "From the Nineteenth Annual Exhibition of the Society of American Artists."
Full pg. of illus. of "Scenes from Moliere's 'Bourgeois-Gentilhomme,' Produced by Le Cercle Francais of Harvard University." 1/2 pg. illus of "The Dinner Given To Richard Henry Stoddard by the Authors' Club, March 25."
Full pg. of illus. of "Washington and Lee University,…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, April 19, 1890  Very nice & displayable full ftpg: 'A Hunter's Shack in the Rocky Mountains'. Fullpg. with 4 scenes of: 'A Friday Market in the Jewish Quarter of New York' by W.A. Rogers. Halfpg. Remington print "The Priest Captain Writhed and Struggled in His Efforts to Throw Young Off" done for a literary article entitled "The Aztec Treasure-House".
Doublepage centerfold: 'Visitors to the Flagship Chicago'. Nice fullpg; 'Shad-Fishing on the Delaware' which is comprised of…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 21, 1888  The front page of this issue features a full page illustration entitled 'Hailing the Ferryman'.  An article "General Gillmore" also includes three small illustrations of "The Late General Q. A. Gillmore"; "Major-General Crook" and "Brigadier-General J. R. Brooke".  A half-page illustration "A Fallen Horse in the Streets of New York" also has a small associated article.  
Nice double page centerfold: 'New War Ships in Commission and Building for the…