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Capture of a slave ship... The Pony Express during its brief existence... Lincoln ...
Capture of a slave ship... The Pony Express during its brief existence... Lincoln ...
Item # 690610
May 31, 1860
NEW YORK HERALD, May 31, 1860 Page 3 has: "Seizure of Another Supposed Slaver" with subhead: "Seizure of the Steamer City of Norfolk, Suspected of Fitting Out For the Slave Trade".
The top of page 7 has a report: "Capture of Another Slaver Off the Coast of Cuba" which is rather brief. This is followed by: "Arrival of the California Pony Express--The Express Intercepted by Indians--Failure of the Mail, etc." with a St. Joseph, Missouri dateline. Then: "News From Pike's Peak".
Also on page 7: "Lincoln and Hamlin Ratification Meetings" at Syracuse.
Page 5 has: "The Championship" "The Correspondence of Heenan and Sayers--Settlement of the Affair--Lord Palmerston on Pugilism" which concerns the historic boxing match between Heenan and 'Sayers.
Twelve pages, some light staining, many archival mends throughout, including at the irregular spine. In somewhat 2nd rate condition as such.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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