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Rare "Steamer Bulletin" means for Eastern consumption...
Rare "Steamer Bulletin" means for Eastern consumption...
Item # 701718
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July 01, 1861
STEAMER BULLETIN--FOR THE ATLANTIC STATES AND EUROPE, San Francisco, California, July 1, 1861
* Rare steamship - steamer publication
* First year of the American Civil War
"Steamer editions" are rarely found today. They were special editions meant for East Coast consumption--in this case Europe as well.
This is an edition of the San Francisco Bulletin. As noted on page 4, the Daily Bulletin published every evening except Sunday. The "Steamer Bulletin, Double sheet of eight pages, published the day before the departure of the mail steamer, and contains such selections of editorial & other matter from the Daily as may be interesting to parties in the Atlantic States...".
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed so it folds out to one large sheet, minor loss at the blank spine and two upper corners do not affect any text. Generally in good condition.
background: The July 1, 1861, Steamer Bulletin represents a critical "information bridge" during one of the most volatile months in American history, arriving just weeks before the First Battle of Bull Run and months before the completion of the Transcontinental Telegraph. Published by the San Francisco Bulletin specifically for "the Atlantic States and Europe," this eight-page double sheet served as the definitive voice of the Pacific Coast, assuring Eastern and overseas readers of California’s steadfast loyalty to the Union despite the growing chaos of the Civil War. Because these editions had to endure a grueling multi-week journey by steamship via the Isthmus of Panama, they were printed on durable paper but often suffered from the humid, salty conditions of the mailbags, making surviving copies like yours exceptionally rare. Within its pages, readers would have found a curated digest of the previous fortnight’s news, ranging from local reports on the "Esmeralda" silver mining boom and updates on the 600+ ships docked in the Bay, to the political maneuvering of California's "Douglas Democrats" as they braced for a war that felt worlds away, yet dominated every headline.
Category: The Civil War
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