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Recent additions
John Elway & the Denver Broncos win the Superbowl...
Item # 729290
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THE DENVER POST, Denver, Colorado, January 26, 1998
Note: The Denver Post printed two versions for this date. This is the edition which shows John Elway holding the Vince Lombardi Trophy up in victory.
* Denver...
Note: The Denver Post printed two versions for this date. This is the edition which shows John Elway holding the Vince Lombardi Trophy up in victory.
* Denver...
$33
Senator Charles Sumner's "State Suicide Theory"...
Item # 729175
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NEW YORK WORLD, Feb. 12, 1862 The front page has: "Important Resolutions Of Senator Sumner", which is followed by the full text of his historic series of resolutions outlining what quickly became known as his
...$98
Civil War Map of from New Orleans to Memphis, to Pensacola...
Item # 729174
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NEW YORK TIMES, May 31, 1862 The front page features a very nice map headed: "RETREAT OF THE REBEL ARMY FROM CORINTH" with the map showing from New Orleans to Memphis, to Pensacola.
Among the front page column heads...
Among the front page column heads...
$55
Elizabeth City and Harper's Ferry burned...
Item # 729173
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DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Feb. 13, 1862 Page 2 of this issue features a report titled "THE LATE BURNING AT HARPER'S FERRY," detailing the destruction of portions of the town by Union forces.
...$60
Terrific report on the gold in California...
Item # 729171
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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Jan. 6, 1849 Over two columns on page 2 are taken up with an excellent and very detailed letter headed: "Diluvial Gold Deposits of California". It begins: "The excitement of...
$120
References to Cornwallis' surrender... A plea to Congress by Loyalist James Rivington...
Item # 729169
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THE INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE AND THE UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER, Boston, Dec. 6, 1781 The masthead features an engraving taken from one done by Paul Revere, showing a soldier holding a sword and a document inscribed...
$650
The first successful magazine in the country...
Item # 729168
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THE CHRISTIAN HISTORY, Boston, April 14, 1744 This was the first successful magazine in America although formatted unlike typical magazines. It was exclusively a chronicle of the Great Awakening in America,...
$135
World War II newspaper printed on board a troop ship...
Item # 729167
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THE NOORDAM NEWS, "Somewhere on the Pacific", Sept. 16, 1943 The Noordam was a Holland American Line ship which was converted to a troopship by Bethlehem Steel to transport up to 2,400 troops for the U.S. War...
$42
Full name: George Washington, in script type...
Item # 729165
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COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Aug. 4, 1790 Almost a full column is taken up with an Act of Congress, headed with an engraving of a heraldic eagle, this is: "An Act Imposing Duties on the Tonnage of Ships or Vessels"...
$98
Lincoln's remains in New York City...
Item # 729164
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NEW YORK HERALD, April 25, 1865 All columns on all 8 pages are black-bordered in memory of Abraham Lincoln. Two-thirds of the first column are taken up with nice heads concerning the funeral of Abraham Lincoln...
$127