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Item # 541732

December 13, 1872

THE SUN, New York City, New York, December 13, 1872

* Early Polar expedition...
* Arctic ice...


The back page has an interesting report: "A Valley Of Mastodons" "Discovery of a Great Polar Continent--Exploring a Mine of Ivory--A Mountain of Ice One Thousand Feet High." Concerned dispatches received by the ship Cadmus from the captain of a whaler in the vicinity of Wrangel Land.

Other news of the day includes: "The Waterford Bank Robbery" "The Louisiana Outrages" "Cuba's Freedom Dawning" and more.

A few tears in the outer margins, some lite foxing, otherwise good. 4 pages.

Category: Post-Civil War