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13509 1876 American Socialist Newspaper $10.00
This is the April 13, 1876 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by John Humphrey Noyes, the founder of the socialist commune, The Oneida Community, located there. The paper has a front page article titled "The Socialists Of 1843" that has sections about noted Socialists of the Fourieristic school. The article has sections on Horace Greeley, George Ripley, Charles A. Dana, William Henry Channing, and Parke Godwin. Some of the other articles in the paper are;
This is the October 18, 1873 issue of Littell's Living Age magazine published weekly in Boston. The magzine measures 6" by 9-1/4" and contains 64 pages. It has a 7 page article about a book titled "Life & Teachings of Mohammed" that gives a summary of and excerpts from the book. Some of the other content in the magazine is:
This is the May 8,1880 issue of The Graphic, an illustrated weekly magazine published in London, very similar in size and format to Harper's Weekly in the US. The magazine measures 11-1/2" by 15-1/2" and contains 24 pages. It has a 15" by 23" centerfold engraving titled "The Vienna Equestrian Festival" that has 2 views of the festival titled "The Gardener's Procession by Franz Russ" and The Butcher's Procession by Rudolph Huber". Print is dated 1880 in margin. Magazine has many other full page and smaller prints. Very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is a 24 page, 5-1/4" by 8" booklet titled "The Oneida Community - A Dialogue" that is a history of the Oneida Community in Oneida, New York. The booklet was written by Henry J. Seymour, one of the original members of the community and was published shortly after the community was disbanded in late 1879. Seymour describes the community and their religious views in an interview format. The first page of the booklet mentions the names of all of the newspapers published by the community from 1834 to 1879. Seymour's purpose was to document the existence of the community for future generations. Quite an interesting booklet in very good condition. I do not know the exact year this was published but will guarantee it to be from the early 1880's.
This is the November 30, 1872 issue of Appleton's Journal a weekly 8" by 11", 32 page illustrated magazine. The magazine has a front page article and illustration of Charles Francis Adams, son of John Quincy Adams and Grandson of John Adams. The article gives a summary of his life. The article is continued on page 2 for most of the page. Magazine is from a bound volume - not brittle.
This is the August 2, 1872 issue of Appleton's Journal a weekly 8" by 11", 28 page illustrated magazine. The magazine has a 2-3/4 page article titled "The Roger Morris House" that describes the home of Roger Morris in Harlem Heights, NY and his career. The article has 1 illustration of the house. Magazine is from a bound volume - good condition - very clean - small binding marks at spine.
This is the October 19, 1872 issue of Appleton's Journal a weekly 8" by 11", 28 page illustrated magazine. The magazine has a 2 page article with 2 illustrations titled "Hamilton Grange", home of Alexander Hamilton on Manhattan Island in New York. The article describes the home and there is a 6" by 6-1/2" illustration of the house and a 4" by 9" illustration of the 13 "Union " trees he planted for the original 13 states. Magazine is from a bound volume - good condition - very clean - small binding marks at spine.
This is the Janauary 26, 1878 issue of " The Illustrated London News ", an illustrated magazine published in London, England, very similar in size and format to Harper's Weekly published in the US. It measures 11 inches by 16 inches and contains 16 pages. The issue has a report and 2 full page illustrations of the new King and Queen of Italy - King Humbert and Queen Margaret (one of the King and one of the Queen). The magazine is in very good condition - very clean - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is a special supplment to the May 1, 1871 issue of The National Bankrupt Register newspaper, published in New York by Audley W. Gazzam and the U. S. Law Association. The first four pages of this special supplment are a petition that had been recently presented to the Chief Justice and Associates of the United States Supreme Court. The petition contains a list of over 500 citizens names, mostly from New York but some from some of the surrounding states. They are petitioning for a better procedure for the notice of bankruptcies. They are petitioning that they are harmed because the bankruptices of companies and individuals are not published widely enough to notify all concerned regarding the bankruptcy. The paper measures 9" by 11-1/2" and contains 8 pages. Very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is a lot of 5 of "The Medical News And Library", a monthly publication published in Philadelphia by Henry Lea. These are originals in very good condition - never bound, not from a bound volume. They are the June, 1874, July, 1874, August, 1874, December, 1875, and February, 1877 issues of the periodical. They are a medical newsletter containing clinical lectures and medical news. They measure 6" by 9-1/2" and contain 16 pages each. Very clean, not brittle - never bound.
This is the May 25, 1878 issue of " The Illustrated London News ", an illustrated magazine published in London, England, very similar in size and format to Harper's Weekly published in the US. It measures 11 inches by 16 inches and contains 16 pages. The cover illustration is of the sons of the Prince of Wales in training in the Navy. There is a related article titled "The Young Sailor Princes" about Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward and Prince George Frederick Earnest Albert who were Naval cadets in training aboard the HMS Britannia. The magazine has several other illustrations including a double page centerfold titled "The British Fleet In the Sea Of Mamoras Searching For Torpedo Boats by the Electric Light On Board HMS Agincourt". The magazine is in very good condition - very clean - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the May, 1880 issue of The Shaker Manifesto, a small, monthly newspaper that was the official publication of the Shakers. The paper measures 5-1/2" by 8-1/2" and contains 24 pages. Some of the content in the paper is:
This is the February 21, 1879 issue of The Cuba Patriot newspaper published in Cuba, New York. It has a very large front page ad that measures 9" by 11-1/2" for T. F. Rude's jewelry store in Cuba, New York. The paper measures 19-1/2" by 25" and contains 4 pages - suitable for framing. Paper is in good condition - quite clean - rag paper - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the July 5, 1877 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. The paper has an article titled "Webster and Jenny Lind". The article describes a concert being given by Jenny Lind in Washington DC in which she sang "Hail Columbia" and Daniel Webster, seated in the audience, stood and sang parts of the song with her. They both received extended applause from the audience. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the July, 1880 issue of The Edinburgh Review printed in New York by the Leonard Scott Publishing Company (it was common practice in this period for American publishers to reprint British magazines for distribution in the US - magazine is an 1880 US reprint of the magazine). It contains a 15 page summary of newly published works about the Naval powers in the Pacific Ocean that is primarily about the Russian, British, Chinese, German and French Navies in the Pacific. Some of the other content in the magazine is:
This is the July, 1877 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine published in New York by Harpers & Brothers. It has a 3 page illustrated article titled "Snow Banners of the California Alps" that describes the snow banners in the Sierras of California. The article contains 2 illustrations titled "The Snow Banners" and "Vertical Section North and South Through a Summit Peak" . Some of the other content in the magazine is:
This is the October, 1872 issue of Our Young Folks magazine published in Boston by James R. Osgood and Company. The magazine has an interesting 3-1/2 page article with 1 illustration titled "Wonderful Ocean Passages" that is a history of small boats crossing the Atlantic in the 1860's and 1870's. The article describes the crossings (or attempts) of 4 boats, the "Vision" 16 foot boat (unsuccessful), the "Nonpareil". the "Red, White, and Blue", and the "Ragusa". Magazine is in good condition.
This is the January 14, 1873 issue of the New York Tribune newspaper. It has a 1/3 column report titled "The Goat Island Controversy" that is about reserving the Island of Yuerba Buena or Goat Island in San Francisco Bay for US Govermnet military use. The report includes a letter by General A. A. Humphreys, Brigadeer General and Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War. Paper is in very good condition - very clean - not brittle - never bound.
This is the May, 1878 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine published by Harper and Brothers in New York. The magazine contains a 24 page article with 19 illustrations titled Song Birds Of The West that describes the singing birds of the Western US. The 19 illustrations are titled:
This is the November 11, 1871 issue of The Internal Revenue Record, a 9-1/4" by 13-1/4", 8 page newspaper , published in New York. The paper was a register of "US Official Revenue and Customs Decisions published for the guidance of Government officers and taxpayers" and includes the summary and results of many legal cases. This issue has alon g report titled " Whisky Frauds in Kentucky". This is a fairly long report that takes up about 2 full pages. Paper is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the July 28, 1879 issue of The Daily city Item from Allentown, PA. It has a front page article about a fight between detective Llewelyn and Hagen and outlaws Middleton and Black George on the Niobrara River. Middleton was severely wounded, Black George was killed and Detective Hagen was wounded. Paper is in good condition - not brittle but is separated at spine (paper is in 2 sheets).
This is the September 4, 1873 issue of the Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia by Dutton and Wentworth. The paper has a 3/4 column, front page report about selling Chinese women at auction in San Francisco. The women had just arrived from Canton and were sold by the "Hip Yee Tong" for $200 to $425 each. Paper is in very good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume. Paper measures 15" by 20" and contains 8 pages. It is separated at the spine (paper is 4 separate sheets).
This is the July, 1879 issue of The Missionary Herald magazine, published in Boston by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. It measures 6" by 9-1/2" and contains 32 pages. It has a 2 page article titled "Indian Education Not An Experiment" by Rev. A.L.Riggs, Santee Agency, Nebraska. He discusses the successful training of Indians at the Hampton VA Indian school and mentions the new Normal Schoold for Indians established at the Santee Agency in Nebraska. Some of the other content in the magazine is:
This is the October 17, 1883 issue of the Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia by Dutton and Wentworth. The paper has a 1/2 column front page report titled "Anneke Jans' Sister" that describes claims against the estate of Sarrah Webber, sister of Anneke Jans dating back to 1610. The article lists some of the descendents and circumstances of the claim. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume. Paper measures 15" by 20" and contains 8 pages. It is separated at the spine (paper is 4 separate sheets).
This is the August 16, 1873 issue of the Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia by Dutton and Wentworth. The paper has a front page report about the discovery of gold in the Yellowstone region by a French exploring party. They were not after gold and did not pursue it but once word spread, outfits were being fitted to search for gold in the Little Wolf Mountain area in Wyoming about 30 miles east of Yellowstone Basin and also at Porcupine Creek between the Big Horn and Tongue Rivers. Another area being explored was Bear Gulch Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume. Paper measures 15" by 20" and contains 8 pages. It is separated at the spine (paper is 4 separate sheets).
This is the October 21, 1873 issue of the Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia by Dutton and Wentworth. The paper has a long, 1-1/2 column inside page report about Lafayette College in Easton, PA and the dedication of Pardee Hall at the school. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume. Paper measures 15" by 20" and contains 8 pages. It is separated at the spine (paper is 4 separate sheets).
This is the April 29, 1871 issue of The Internal Revenue Record, a 9-1/4" by 13-1/4", 8 page newspaper , published in New York. The paper was a register of "US Official Revenue and Customs Decisions published for the guidance of Government officers and taxpayers". Some of the content is:
This is the November 9, 1878 issue of Harper's Weekly magazine, published in New York by Harper & Brother's. The magazine measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 16" by 22" doublepage centerfold political cartoon by Thomas Nast titled "Help" . Centerfold is partially separated at fold. Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is a lot of 3, 1875 issues of the Providence Evening Press newspaper published in Providence, Rhode Island. the paper measure 21" by 26" and contain 4 pages each. Papers have some edge chips and edge tears but are overall in good condition . They contain local, US, and world news and lots of local ads. They are dated April 26, April 27, and April 28, 1875. All are similar in appearance and condition to the one shown in the image below.
This is the February 20, 1879 issue of The Independent, a 11" by 16", 32 page newspaper printed in New York City. It has a 3-1/2 column report that begins on the front page titled "Richard Henry Dana" that is about the life and career of the Cambridge Massachusetts jurist and author. Paper is from a bound volume - very good condition.
This is the July, 1876 issue of The Missionary Herald magazine, published in Boston by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. It measures 6" by 9-1/2" and contains 32 pages. It has a 1/2 page article about a visit to the Choctaw mission in Lenox, Oklahoma. Some of the other content in the magazine is:
This is the May 29 , 1879 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 1/2 column article titled Edison's Electro-Motograph that describes a new invention by Thomas Edison that could cause mechanical movement by energy transmitted from a distance without the use of electromagnetic forces. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition - uncirculated, never bound newspaper , no tears, no stains, not brittle - guaranteed authentic.
This is the November 4, 1873 issue of The Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia. The paper has a 1/2 column report about the eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii. The report describes the recent eruption. Paper is in good condition - quite clean - sheets are separated at spine. The paper measures 15" by 20" and contains 8 pages.
This is the October 29, 1873 issue of The Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia. The paper has a front page report titled "The Texas Pacific Railroad" that is about Col. Thomas Scott's unsuccessful trip to Euorope to raise capital to finance the railroad. Paper is in good condition - quite clean - sheets are separated at spine. The paper measures 15" by 20" and contains 8 pages.
This is a lot of 3 items. They are the May 31, June 2, and June 3, 1879 issues of The Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia. Each paper has at least one report on the Zulu War in Africa. Thje reports are:
This is the March 7, 1876 issue of the Coldwater Republican newspaper published in Coldwater, Michigan. The paper has a 1-1/2 column front page report titled "Davis and Andersonville" that is a description of the Andersonville, GA Civil War Prison and also a description of the character of Jefferson Davis by Parson Brownlow. Brownlow was known as the fighting parson (he had been a Methodist minister) an anti-Confederate from the South who was imprisoned by the Confederates and later, after being released established the Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator newspaper in Knoxville (prior to the war he was the editor of the Knoxville Whig). He also served as Governor of Tennessee and as a Senator. This report is from the Knoxville Chronicle - he was still active in the newspaper business and politics until his death in 1877. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - has some light damp stains - from a bound volume.
This is the February 28, 1877 issue of The Cleveland Leader newspaper published in Cleveland, Ohio by the Leader Printing Company. The paper has a brief, but interesting, report about Phoebe Hanaford, a minister of the First Universalist Church of Jersey City whose services were terminated and her plan to establish a new church, the Second Universalist Church of Jersey City . She was supported by many of her parishioners and a committee was formed to establish a constitution and bylaws and to raise money for the new church. Committee members mentioned were Mr. Bostwick, Mr. Carey, Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Westervelt. The paper is in very good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the July 25th, 1872 issue of The Cincinnati Daily Gazette. It has a long, 1/2 column description of the town of Frankfort, Indiana in Clinton County. The article describes the growth and increase in activity in the town now that the railroad passes through the town. Names and places mentioned in the article are:
This is the October 11, 1872 issue of the New York Tribune newspaper. The paper has a front page report titled "Anniversary Of The Chicago Fire" that is about the one year celebration of the Great Chicago Fire and it tells of the status of rebuilding the destroyed area and of the new buildings that have been built. Paper is in very good condition - very clean - not brittle.
This is the March, 27 1879 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, which was founded by John Humphrey Noyes. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It has a 1/2 column page 3 article about the 25th anniversary celebration of the laying of the 1st Atlantic Cable. The article contains the text of speeches by Cyrus W. Field and David Dudley Field. Some of the other articles in this issue are:
This is the May 16, 1873 issue of the Legal Gazette, a 10-1/2" by 15", 8 page weekly newspaper published by King & Baird in Philadelphia. The paper contains Philadelphia legal cases, decisions and opinions and some US court opinions and decisions (from other states or the US Supreme Court), and some local advertising. Some of the content in this issue is:
This is the February 27, 1874 issue of The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper. The paper has a long, 4-1/2 column, front page report titled "CENTENNIAL" that is about preliminary debates in the senate about plans for the Centennial Exhibition to be held in Philadelphia in 1876. The paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the March 4, 1874 issue of The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper. The paper has a brief, but interesting, front page report titled "The Vasquez Bandits" that tells of the notorious Vasquez gang robbing the Los Angeles stage near Solidad and also robbed a store and took horses from the stable in Solidad. The paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the April 6, 1872 issue of Harper's Weekly magazine, published in New York by Harper & Brother's. The magazine measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a brief report about the status of Major Powell's explorations of the Canons of the Colorado in Utah and Arizona that states his explorations had been conducted throught the Canons of Green River to the mouth of the Paria and to the head of Marble Canyon in Arizona. Magazine is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the July 25, 1879 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper has a 3/4 column report about the centennial celebration of the battle of Minisink in the revolutionary war. The article describes the celebration at Goshen, New York. Paper is in good condition - not real brittle. Paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages.
This is the March 21, 1877 issue of The Cleveland Leader newspaper published in Cleveland, Ohio by the Leader Printing Company. The paper has a long, 2/3 column report titled "Mauna Loa" that describes the eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano on the island of Hawaii. Some of the names and places mentioned in the report are:
This is a lot of 10, Concord Daily Monitor newspapers published in Concord, New Hampshire by the Republican Press Association. The papers are dated October 21, October 22, October 23, October 25, October 26, October 28, October 29, October 30, October 31, and November 1, 1878. They contain local, national, and world news and local ads. The papers are all in fairly good condition -- some splits at horizontal centerfold - from a bound volume.
This is the August 15, 1871 issue of the New York Tribune newspaper published in New York . The paper has a long, 1+ column report titled "Down The French Broad Valley" that describes the French Broad Valley in the Warm Springs, North Carolina area. The article describes the country and has a report about the Laurel massacre in the Civil War . Some of the names and places mentioned in the report are:
This is the June 5, 1879 issue of the New York Tribune newspaper published in New York . The paper has a 3" by 3-1/2" ad titled "Coney Island Pier" placed by the Ocean Navigation and Pier Company. advertising to rent the following properties:
This is the May, 1879 issue of The Cuba Patriot newspaper published in Cuba, New York. It has a long, 1-1/4 column, front page article titled "From A Living Tomb" that tells of the dramatic rescue of coal miners who had been trapped in a mine in Wilkes-Barre for 5 days and 15 hours. The report tells how the miners survived and how they were rescued. Some of the names mentioned in the report are:
This is a lot of 10 items (all the same). They are a 24 page, 5-1/4" by 8" booklet titled "The Oneida Community - A Dialogue" that is a history of the Oneida Community in Oneida, New York. The booklet was written by Henry J. Seymour, one of the original members of the community and was published shortly after the community was disbanded in late 1879. Seymour describes the community and their religious views in an interview format. The first page of the booklet mentions the names of all of the newspapers published by the community from 1834 to 1879. Seymour's purpose was to document the existence of the community for future generations. Quite an interesting booklet - all are in very good condition. I do not know the exact year this was published but will guarantee it to be from the 1880-1882 period - most likely was published in 1880 right after the Community was disbanded (last regular publication of the community newspaper, The American Socialist was December, 1879). This booklets are on the same paper and use the same font as the American Socialist and were most likely printed at the Oneida press.
This is the August 19, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. It has several reports and illustrations about the 1876 International Exposition, the Centennial Exposition, in Philadelphia. The front page article and illustration is of American Thread Lace Making. Some of the other Exposition related articles are:
This is the August 7, 1879 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 1 column article titled "Cedar Hill Farm" that describes an experimental farm in Somerset County, NJ near Flagtown, NJ that was owned by a New York banker. The farm brought impoverished and troubled youth from the city to learn the skills of farming and later placed them into wage earning positions at other farms. The farm was managed by George Marx and had proved to be successful. The article describes the farm and how it worked. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the October 24, 1878 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 1-1/2 column article titled The Inventor Of The Phonograph that describes his boyhood and how he came to invent elctric devices. The article also describes his shop in Menlo Park. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the September 5, 1878 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a report about a group of families from Stratford, Connecticut settling in the northern part of the town. The families were mostly by the name of Curtis and Lewis and they were Universalists and they lived a Socialistic lifestyle. They were known in town as "Stratforders" and they lived in a part of the town known as Stratford Street. They built a church in the town in 1822. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the December 21, 1876 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 3/4 column article titled "The Rhode Island Community" that describes a socialist community in Madison, New York that was founded by a group of men from Rhode Island in about 1786. The community was known by the names of "Rhode Island Quarter" , Rhode Island Family" and "Rhode Island Workers". The article states that the most common names in the group were Simmons, Brownell, Blair and Coe with Simmons being the most prevalent. The article goes on to tell how they built a Prsbyterian Church in the center of the town and how they prospered as a group. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the January 11, 1877 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by John Humphrey Noyes, the founder of the socialist commune, The Oneida Community, located there. The paper has an article titled The Latye Commodore Vanderbilt that is about the death of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the President of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. Vanderbilt had dies a week earlier on January 4, 1877. The paper also has a shor article titled "Mark Twain At Home" that descirbes Samuel Clemens' home. The paper also has the charter for the Virginia Socialist community "The Potomac Phalanx" located on the Potomac River 20 miles below Washington, DC. Some of the other articles in the paper are:
This is the August 17, 1876 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, which was founded by John Humphrey Noyes. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in very good condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - 4 small binding marks at spine. It has a 1-1/3 column article titled "The North Union Shakers" that describes the Shaker community near Cleveland, Ohio. The paper also has an interesting 1+ column article titled "A Glimpse Of Newport" that describes Newport Rhode Island through the eyes of a first time visitor. Some of the other articles in this issue are:
This is the March 30, 1878 issue of " The Illustrated London News ", an illustrated magazine published in London, England, very similar in size and format to Harper's Weekly published in the US. It measures 11 inches by 16 inches and contains 24 pages. The issue has a long illustrated report titled "Ostrich Farming In South Africa" that is abour 2-1/2 pages in length. There is about 1-1/2 columns of text and 2 pages of illustrations of the ostrich farm. The 9 illustrations are titled:
This is the December 5, 1878 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a front page poem by Bayard Taylor dated at the American Legation , Berlin Germany, Nov. 12, 1878 titled "The Village Stork" . Paper is in very good condition - not brittle - very clean - from a bound volume.
This is a lot of 2 items. They are the September 1 and September 12, 1873 issues of the Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia by Dutton and Wentworth. The papers each have a front page report about Professor Wise and his planned balloon voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from New York. The first article gives some opinions and technical reasons by an expert as to how Professor Wise's calculations and assumptions regarding the balloon's lifting power and the height and speed of prevailing West to East wind currents over the Atlantic are incorrect. The second paper tells of a failed attempt to inflate the balloon on the previous day and of the expectation that the balloon would be filled today (September 12th). Papers are in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume. Papers measure 15" by 20" and contain 8 pages each . They are separated at the spine (papers are each 4 separate sheets).
This is the September 12, 1878 issue of the Concord Daily Monitor newspaper published in Concord, New Hampshire by the Republican Press Association. The paper has a long, 1-2/3 column, front page report titled "Belknap County Fair" that describes the fair held at Laconia, New Hampshire. Some of the names and places mentioned in the report are:
This is the May 29, 1875 issue of The Providence Evening Press newspaper from Providence, Rhode Island. The paper has a long, 3-1/2 column front page article about the centennial celebration of the First Baptist Church of Providence, Rhode Island. The article gives a history of the church from its opening on May 28, 1775 to the present and a summary of the clebration. Paper is in fairly good condition with some edge chips and short edge tears - from a bound volume.
This is the April 25, 1879 issue of The Cuba Patriot newspaper published in Cuba, New York. It has a 11/4 column report about the death of John Adams Dix that tells of his death and gives a brief summary of his career. Dix was born in Boscawen, NH and served as US Secretary of the Treasury and Governor of New York. Paper is in good condition - quite clean - rag paper - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the February 11, 1880 issue of The Genesee Valley Free Press newspaper published in Belmont, New York. It has an intersting 3-1/2 column front page article titled "A Journal of Travel From Chicago to Arizona" by Miss Crepe McNett. The trip was by train, wagon and horseback and is describes in quite a bit of detail. Some of the places, train lines and names mentioned in the article are:
This is the February 25, 1880 issue of The Genesee Valley Free Press newspaper published in Belmont, New York. It has a front page, 1/2 column report titled "Manitou Springs" that describes the Colorado health resort located near the base of Pike's Peak and not too far from Colorado Springs. . Paper is in good condition - very clean - some small edge chips.
This is the June 9, 1880 issue of The Genesee Valley Free Press newspaper published in Belmont, New York. It has a long, 2-3/4 column front page article titled "A Most Interesting Letter From Miss Crepe McNett - Fort Wingate, May 22, 1880" that describes a visit to the Navajo reservation in Northweat New Mexico and North East Arizona. The article gives a fairly detailed report of observations of life on the reservation. Paper is in good condition - very clean - not brittle.
This is the July 14, 1880 issue of The Genesee Valley Free Press newspaper published in Belmont, New York. It has a failry long 2/3 column report titled "Organization Of The Rochester and Genesee Valley Canal and Railroad Co. The repoort includes the Articles Of Agreement of the Company, ht enames of the board of directors and a list of the names of some of the stock holders Paper is in good condition - very clean - not brittle.
This is the August 4, 1880 issue of The Genesee Valley Free Press newspaper published in Belmont, New York. It has a . Paper is in good condition - very clean - not brittle.
This is the August 4, 1880 issue of The Genesee Valley Free Press newspaper published in Belmont, New York. It has a long, 1-2/3 column report titled "General View of the Allegany Oil Region" by Professor W. H. Pitt. The article describes the geology of New York in general and specifically the Allegany Oil Region of Western New York and how it became an oil region. Paper is in good condition - very clean - not brittle.
This is the February 12, 1880 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 2-1/2 column letter by Susan Wallace (Mrs. Governor Lew Wallace) from Santa Fe, New Mexico describing life and the houses in the town of Santa Fe, New Mexico. She describes the adobe houses and brick makers and a Civil War monument that was in the center of the plaza. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the May 31, 1875 issue of The Providence Evening Press newspaper from Providence, Rhode Island. The paper has a long, 1 column front page report about a fire that destroyed 35 buildings in Springfield, Massachusetts - much of the business section of the city. The fire broke out in the planing mill of H. M. Conkey on Taylor Street and spread to Hurburt's Block., Bill's block, Main Street, Bridge Street, Vernon Street, and Water street. Some of the names and business mentioned are:
This is the October 26, 1865 issue of The Daily Cleveland Herald newspaper published in Cleveland, Ohio. The paper measures 21" by 26" and contains 4 pages. It has a brief report about the opening of Lac La Belle, Michigan as a harbor for the transport of Copper from Keweena Point copper mines. Lac La Belle is located on the upper peninsula on Lake Superior. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the March 20, 1874 issue of The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper. The paper has a 2/3 column report about the impending eruption of Bald Mountain in McDowell County, North Carolina. The report tells of some activity that is indicative of a pending eruption but also goes on to give the opinion of an expert that an eruption will not occur. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the February 16, 1876 issue of The Wheeling Intelligencer newspaper published in Wheeling, West Virginia by Frew and Campbell. The paper has a 2/3 column article that describes the iron region of Virginia from Clifton Forge to Lynchburg, VA. Some of the names and places mentioned in the article are:
This is the January17, 1876 issue of the Daily Local News newspaper published in West Chester, Pennsylvania by W. H. Hodgson and edited by W. W. Thomson. It measures 14-1/2" by 20" and contains 4 pages. Very good condition - not brittle - never bound. It has an original poem by George Elliot (Mary Ann Evans) titled "The Lovers". It is on the rear page.
This is the September 16, 1873 issue of The Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia. The paper has a long, 1 column speech by Emilio Catelar, who had just become dictator of Spain. The speech is his acceptance speech upon assuming control of Spain. He was only in office from September through December, 1873. Paper is in good condition - quite clean. Sheets are separated at spine. The paper measures 15" by 20" and contains 8 pages.
This is the October 28, 1873 issue of The Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia. The paper has a 1/3 column front page article titled "A Frightful Balloon Voyage" that describes a balloon ascension from the San Francisco area that went bad and resulted in the aeronauts having to be rescued in the Pacific ocean and in the loss of the balloon. Paper is in good condition - quite clean. Sheets are separated at spine. The paper measures 15" by 20" and contains 8 pages.
This is the September 14, 1878 issue of the Concord Daily Monitor newspaper published in Concord, New Hampshire by the Republican Press Association. The paper has a front page ad for the Union Carriage Manufactory located on Main Street at the rear of the First National Bank . The ad describes the Union Carriage Manufactory's line of carriages, wagons and buggies. There is a second ad on an inside page for the Flanders, White and Houston carriages located at the rear of the Masonic Temple in Concord, NH. The ad describes the wagons and carriages manufactured by Flanders, White and Houston. The paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - has acid free conservator's tape repair of split at centerfold.
This is the February 19, 1880 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long, 4-1/2 column article titled "A Woman's Letter From Washington" by Mary Clemmer, the noted US author and poet. She was best known for these letters from Washington published in The Independent - she was a contributor to the Independent through these letters for several years. This particular letter is about efforts to stop gambling in the army and about a visit to the White House at the invitation of President and Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the April 22, 1880 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 3-1/2 column front page (2-1/4 columns on front page) biography of the life and career of Vermont Senator George Franklin Edmunds. The article was written by Edmund Hudson. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the September 23, 1880 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a front page poem titled "The Fallen Pine Cone " by Paul H. Hayne . Hayne was a nephew of Robert Hayne the politician and was known as "Laureate of the South." He moved from Charleston, SC to Groveton, Georgia after the Civil War and spent the rest of his life there. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the February 19, 1876 issue of the Daily Local News newspaper published in West Chester, Pennsylvania by W. H. Hodgson and edited by W. W. Thomson. It measures 14-1/2" by 20" and contains 4 pages. Very good condition - not brittle - never bound. It has a 1/4 column front page report titled "The Cedar Mines of New Jersey" that describes how the buried and petrified cedar trees of the Cape May swamps were mined . The ancient trees were mined to make cedar shingles.
This is the February 23, 1876 issue of the Daily Local News newspaper published in West Chester, Pennsylvania by W. H. Hodgson and edited by W. W. Thomson. It measures 14-1/2" by 20" and contains 4 pages. Very good condition - not brittle - never bound. It has a long, 3-1/4 column article (2 columns are on the front page - the remainder on the rear page) titled "The 22d At Oxford - The Town Ablaze With Patriotism - A Glorious Day For Everyone". The article describes the celebration at Oxford, Pennsylvania of the 144th birthday of George Washington. Some of the names and places mentioned in the report are:
This is the April 12, 1873 issue of The New York Ledger an illustrated, mostly literary newspaper that featured contemporary western, detective, etc. writers of the day. Much of the paper is fiction but it has a non-fiction story, about 1-1/4 columns in length titled "George Rogers Clark" that tells of his efforts to control the Indians during the Revolutionary War. The paper is in fairly good condition with some wear at centerfold.
This is the August 7, 1879 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 1 column article titled "Cedar Hill Farm" that describes an experimental farm in Somerset County, NJ near Flagtown, NJ that was owned by a New York banker. The farm brought impoverished and troubled youth from the city to learn the skills of farming and later placed them into wage earning positions at other farms. The farm was managed by George Marx and had proved to be successful. The article describes the farm and how it worked. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in very good condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the April 19, 1877 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by John Humphrey Noyes, the founder of the socialist commune, The Oneida Community, located there. It has a front page article titled "Notes On The Shakers" and is about a visit to a Shaker community. The article takes up about 1/2 of the front page. Some of the other articles in the paper are:
This is the June 5, 1874 issue of The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper. The paper has a long, 1-1/4 column article titled "University Of Pennsylvania" that tells of the inauguration in West Philadelphia of the new hospital building that was connected with the Medical Department of the university. The article describes the building and the inauguration ceremony that was attended by:
This is the January 10 , 1878 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a front page poem titled "The Mystery of Bare Boughs" by Howard Glyndon, the pen name of Laura Searing the deaf poetess. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the February 21, 1878 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long, 2 column report titled "The Marpingen Miracles" that is about reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary and child in Marpingen, Prussia. The report also briefly mentions a reported miracle at Mauch Chunk, PA where a Father Heiner allegedly raised to life a dead woman. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the July 18, 1878 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long , 2-1/4 column report titled "The Amish Conference" that tells of the annual conference of the Amish held near Eureka, Illinois in June, 1878. Names mentioned in the report are:
This is the June, 1878 issue of the Missionary Herald magazine published in Boston. It measures 5-1/2" by 8-1/2" and contains 32 pages. It has a long, 6 page report titled "Japan Missions" that is a summary of missionary work in 1878. Some of the names and places mentioned in the report are:
This is the November 21, 1878 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long, 1-1/2 column article titled "The California Convention and the Chinese" that tells of a law the California Legislature passed that was exclusionary to Chinese and was ultimately overturned by the US Supreme Court. The article goes on to tell of proposals that were voted on at the current Constitutional Convention that were also believed to be exclusionary and were likely to be overuled by the Supreme Court. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the August 27, 1875 issue of The Legal Intelligencer newspaper, the oldest law journal in the United States. The paper measures 12" by 18" and contains 8 pages. The front page has some wear at the fold and has been reinforced on the back side with acid free archival tape.
This is a hard cover, bound volume of The Medical News, a monthly medical magazine published in Philadelphia by Lea Brothers Inc. The volume contains the January 1877 through December 1877 issues (12 issues) of the magazine. The magazine has case histories of medical procedures and cases, advancements in medicine, and some illustrations. The volume measures 6" by 8-1/2" and contains 189 pages. Good condition - leather spine and corners with marbled boards. Has old library marking at base of spine.
This is the June 20, 1878 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a large, 10-1/2" by 15-1/2" full page ad for Carboline manufactured by Kennedy & Co. of Pittsburgh, PA. The ad shows an illustration of oil wells and storage tanks with a village in the background (Carboline was made from petroleum). The ad describes the advantages of Carboline for the hair (it was a hair care product). Very good condition - rag paper - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the Wednesday, May 9, 1877 issue of The Lehigh Register published in Allentown, PA. The front page has an interesting 3/4 column, front page article titled "The Home of Jefferson". The article is about the decayed condition of the former home of Thomas Jefferson and includes a brief tour of the building. The report also tells how the property had passed to Capti Levy of the US Navy and that the ownership was now in dispute among Jefferson's heirs. The paper is in good condition - spine separation has been repaired.
This is the June 5 , 1879 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 2 column article titled The Pennsylvania Dunkers that describes the Pennsylvania Dunker communities in Mifflin, Syder, and Hunttington counties and how successful they have been. The author reports specifically on the community at Maitland. The article describes their dress and lifestyle and church services. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the August 11, 1876 issue of the Daily Local News newspaper published in West Chester, Pennsylvania by W. H. Hodgson and edited by W. W. Thomson. It measures 14-1/2" by 20" and contains 4 pages. Very good condition - not brittle - never bound. It has a long front page article titled "Under The Trees at Longwood - The Sterns and McFarlands in Social Family Reunion". The article tells of a reunion of the Sterns, McFarland, Heald, and West families , prominent families in the Chester county, Longwood, Kennett Square area of Pennsylvania. The report takes up 4 columns on the front page and another 2-1/2 columns on the rear page. Some of the sub-sections of the report are:
This is the March 15, 1877 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has 2 long reports about the Oberlin, OH socialist community. It has a 2/3 column article describing the community and a 1 column report titled "The Oberlin Covenant" that is the contract or agreement under which the community was governed. The community was founded by John J. Shiherd in 1833. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in very good condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the October 24, 1878 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 1-1/2 column article titled The Inventor Of The Phonograph that describes his boyhood and how he came to invent electric devices. The article also describes his shop in Menlo Park. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in very good condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the July 20, 1876 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 2 column article titled "The Putney Community" that is a history of the "Perfectionist" community at Putney, Vermont that was the root origin of the Oneida Community who published the American Socialist newspaper. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition - uncirculated, never bound newspaper , no tears, no stains, not brittle - guaranteed authentic.
This is the April, 1878 issue of Peterson's Magazine published in Philadelphia by Charles J. Peterson. It measures 6-1/2" by 10" and contains about 70 pages. It also includes a 9-1/2" by 11" fold out hand colored fashion print and a full page color print along with some smaller single page fashion prints. All are in good condition - magazine has original covers - never bound - some roughness of edges of magazine covers - does not affect prints.
This is the May 29 , 1879 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 1/2 column article titled Edison's Electro-Motograph that describes a new invention by Thomas Edison that could cause mechanical movement by energy transmitted from a distance without the use of electromagnetic forces. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition - uncirculated, never bound newspaper , no tears, no stains, not brittle - guaranteed authentic.
This is the May 29 , 1879 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 1/2 column article titled Edison's Electro-Motograph that describes a new invention by Thomas Edison that could cause mechanical movement by energy transmitted from a distance without the use of electromagnetic forces. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in very good condition - never bound , no tears, no stains, not brittle - guaranteed authentic.
This is an 18" by 24" completely handwritten vellum indenture. The handwriting is neat and clear and easy to read. It transfers property from Edward Shippen Willing, gentleman of Philadelphia and his wife Alice B. to Thomas H. Powers, of Philadelphia, manufacturing chemist. The property was located on the south side of Walnut Street and extended to Chancellor Street in Philadelphia. This was a significant piece of property as the purchase price was $61,000 which was a considerable sum of money in 1874. The Willing's were a prominent family in early Philadelphia history. I believe this couple, Edward Shippen Willing and Alice B. Willing were the parents of Ava Willing who became the first wife of John Jacob Astor IV. She was also known as Lady Ribblesdale. The document is dated September 1, 1874. The document is in very good condition - well done and neatly written. Document has three wax seals. Guaranteed to be authentic - very suitable for framing.
This is the March 9, 1878 issue of The Graphic, an illustrated weekly magazine published in London, very similar in size and format to Harper's Weekly in the US. The magazine measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 32 pages. The magazine has a 16" by 23" centerfold print titled "The Forthcoming International Exhibition at Paris - The British Indian Pavilion". There is a brief related article - print is in very goods condition- very clean - suitable for framing. The magazine has a second 16" by 23" centerfold titled "Signing the Peace Preliminaries At Adrianople, January 31, 1878" (Russo-Turkish War - see 3rd image below) and many other full page and smaller illustrations. Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the December, 1877 issue of The Ladies Floral Cabinet, a 10-1/2" by 13-3/4", 16 page monthly magazine for women. This issue has an article titled "Prize Recipes For Cooking" that has 22 recipes. They are:
This is the December, 1876 issue of Gleason's Monthly Companion a 6" by 9-1/2", 48 page magazine published in Boston. It has a poem by Phoebe Cary titled "Our Homestead" . Phoebe Cary was a the sister of Alice Cary - both were noted writers of the period from the Cincinnati, Ohio area. Good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the August 12, 1880 issue of The Independent, a 32 page, 11" by 15-1/2" newspaper published in New York. The paper has a short story by Mrs. P. T. Barnum titled "Dust" . The story is about 2-1/2 columns in length. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the August 17, 1876 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, which was founded by John Humphrey Noyes. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in very good condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound. It has a 1-1/3 column article titled "The North Union Shakers" that describes the Shaker community near Cleveland, Ohio. The paper also has an interesting 1+ column article titled "A Glimpse Of Newport" that describes Newport Rhode Island through the eyes of a first time visitor. Some of the other articles in this issue are:
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This is the April 13, 1876 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by John Humphrey Noyes, the founder of the socialist commune, The Oneida Community, located there. The paper has a front page article titled "The Socialists Of 1843" that has sections about noted Socialists of the Fourieristic school. The article has sections on Horace Greeley, George Ripley, Charles A. Dana, William Henry Channing, and Parke Godwin. Some of the other articles in the paper are;
- Preparation For Communism
- Co-Operation In England and Germany
- Will A Communist Work
- Size Of Community Families
- Cheap Turkish Baths
- Socialism In France
This is the October 18, 1873 issue of Littell's Living Age magazine published weekly in Boston. The magzine measures 6" by 9-1/4" and contains 64 pages. It has a 7 page article about a book titled "Life & Teachings of Mohammed" that gives a summary of and excerpts from the book. Some of the other content in the magazine is:
- The State of English Poetry
- Willows: A Sketch
- A Himalayan Courtship
- The Fourriere
- The Birds of New Zealand
- Progress of India
- A Piece of Sponge
- others . . .
This is the May 8,1880 issue of The Graphic, an illustrated weekly magazine published in London, very similar in size and format to Harper's Weekly in the US. The magazine measures 11-1/2" by 15-1/2" and contains 24 pages. It has a 15" by 23" centerfold engraving titled "The Vienna Equestrian Festival" that has 2 views of the festival titled "The Gardener's Procession by Franz Russ" and The Butcher's Procession by Rudolph Huber". Print is dated 1880 in margin. Magazine has many other full page and smaller prints. Very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is a 24 page, 5-1/4" by 8" booklet titled "The Oneida Community - A Dialogue" that is a history of the Oneida Community in Oneida, New York. The booklet was written by Henry J. Seymour, one of the original members of the community and was published shortly after the community was disbanded in late 1879. Seymour describes the community and their religious views in an interview format. The first page of the booklet mentions the names of all of the newspapers published by the community from 1834 to 1879. Seymour's purpose was to document the existence of the community for future generations. Quite an interesting booklet in very good condition. I do not know the exact year this was published but will guarantee it to be from the early 1880's.
This is the November 30, 1872 issue of Appleton's Journal a weekly 8" by 11", 32 page illustrated magazine. The magazine has a front page article and illustration of Charles Francis Adams, son of John Quincy Adams and Grandson of John Adams. The article gives a summary of his life. The article is continued on page 2 for most of the page. Magazine is from a bound volume - not brittle.
This is the August 2, 1872 issue of Appleton's Journal a weekly 8" by 11", 28 page illustrated magazine. The magazine has a 2-3/4 page article titled "The Roger Morris House" that describes the home of Roger Morris in Harlem Heights, NY and his career. The article has 1 illustration of the house. Magazine is from a bound volume - good condition - very clean - small binding marks at spine.
This is the October 19, 1872 issue of Appleton's Journal a weekly 8" by 11", 28 page illustrated magazine. The magazine has a 2 page article with 2 illustrations titled "Hamilton Grange", home of Alexander Hamilton on Manhattan Island in New York. The article describes the home and there is a 6" by 6-1/2" illustration of the house and a 4" by 9" illustration of the 13 "Union " trees he planted for the original 13 states. Magazine is from a bound volume - good condition - very clean - small binding marks at spine.
This is the Janauary 26, 1878 issue of " The Illustrated London News ", an illustrated magazine published in London, England, very similar in size and format to Harper's Weekly published in the US. It measures 11 inches by 16 inches and contains 16 pages. The issue has a report and 2 full page illustrations of the new King and Queen of Italy - King Humbert and Queen Margaret (one of the King and one of the Queen). The magazine is in very good condition - very clean - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is a special supplment to the May 1, 1871 issue of The National Bankrupt Register newspaper, published in New York by Audley W. Gazzam and the U. S. Law Association. The first four pages of this special supplment are a petition that had been recently presented to the Chief Justice and Associates of the United States Supreme Court. The petition contains a list of over 500 citizens names, mostly from New York but some from some of the surrounding states. They are petitioning for a better procedure for the notice of bankruptcies. They are petitioning that they are harmed because the bankruptices of companies and individuals are not published widely enough to notify all concerned regarding the bankruptcy. The paper measures 9" by 11-1/2" and contains 8 pages. Very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is a lot of 5 of "The Medical News And Library", a monthly publication published in Philadelphia by Henry Lea. These are originals in very good condition - never bound, not from a bound volume. They are the June, 1874, July, 1874, August, 1874, December, 1875, and February, 1877 issues of the periodical. They are a medical newsletter containing clinical lectures and medical news. They measure 6" by 9-1/2" and contain 16 pages each. Very clean, not brittle - never bound.
This is the May 25, 1878 issue of " The Illustrated London News ", an illustrated magazine published in London, England, very similar in size and format to Harper's Weekly published in the US. It measures 11 inches by 16 inches and contains 16 pages. The cover illustration is of the sons of the Prince of Wales in training in the Navy. There is a related article titled "The Young Sailor Princes" about Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward and Prince George Frederick Earnest Albert who were Naval cadets in training aboard the HMS Britannia. The magazine has several other illustrations including a double page centerfold titled "The British Fleet In the Sea Of Mamoras Searching For Torpedo Boats by the Electric Light On Board HMS Agincourt". The magazine is in very good condition - very clean - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the May, 1880 issue of The Shaker Manifesto, a small, monthly newspaper that was the official publication of the Shakers. The paper measures 5-1/2" by 8-1/2" and contains 24 pages. Some of the content in the paper is:
- Sow What We Would Reap
- Character
- Living Waters
- Explanatory
- A Virgin Life is Not Contrary to Law
- Home
- The Spring of Love
- Celibacy or Virginity, Which?
- TheologySociety Record
- The Children's Grotto
- Agricultural
- The Vision of Emir Abdoul
- Mother Ann Lee
- Music - "Crown and Cross" (by G. A. Lomas)
- others . . .
This is the February 21, 1879 issue of The Cuba Patriot newspaper published in Cuba, New York. It has a very large front page ad that measures 9" by 11-1/2" for T. F. Rude's jewelry store in Cuba, New York. The paper measures 19-1/2" by 25" and contains 4 pages - suitable for framing. Paper is in good condition - quite clean - rag paper - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the July 5, 1877 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. The paper has an article titled "Webster and Jenny Lind". The article describes a concert being given by Jenny Lind in Washington DC in which she sang "Hail Columbia" and Daniel Webster, seated in the audience, stood and sang parts of the song with her. They both received extended applause from the audience. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the July, 1880 issue of The Edinburgh Review printed in New York by the Leonard Scott Publishing Company (it was common practice in this period for American publishers to reprint British magazines for distribution in the US - magazine is an 1880 US reprint of the magazine). It contains a 15 page summary of newly published works about the Naval powers in the Pacific Ocean that is primarily about the Russian, British, Chinese, German and French Navies in the Pacific. Some of the other content in the magazine is:
- The English Precursors of Newton
- Mind in the Lower Animals
- Memoirs of the Prince Consort
- Sabians and Christians of St. John
- Landlords, Tenants, and Labourers
- Memoirs of Madame de Remusat
- Hodgkins Invaders of Italy
- Bright's Edition of Pepy's Diary
- The Divorce of Katherine of Aragon
- The New Parliament in Session
This is the July, 1877 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine published in New York by Harpers & Brothers. It has a 3 page illustrated article titled "Snow Banners of the California Alps" that describes the snow banners in the Sierras of California. The article contains 2 illustrations titled "The Snow Banners" and "Vertical Section North and South Through a Summit Peak" . Some of the other content in the magazine is:
- The Mohawk Valley During the Revolution
- Westminster Abbey
- Northern Islands
- Hunting With the Long Bow
- Bird's Nests
- Our Civil Service
- Others . . .
This is the October, 1872 issue of Our Young Folks magazine published in Boston by James R. Osgood and Company. The magazine has an interesting 3-1/2 page article with 1 illustration titled "Wonderful Ocean Passages" that is a history of small boats crossing the Atlantic in the 1860's and 1870's. The article describes the crossings (or attempts) of 4 boats, the "Vision" 16 foot boat (unsuccessful), the "Nonpareil". the "Red, White, and Blue", and the "Ragusa". Magazine is in good condition.
This is the January 14, 1873 issue of the New York Tribune newspaper. It has a 1/3 column report titled "The Goat Island Controversy" that is about reserving the Island of Yuerba Buena or Goat Island in San Francisco Bay for US Govermnet military use. The report includes a letter by General A. A. Humphreys, Brigadeer General and Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War. Paper is in very good condition - very clean - not brittle - never bound.
This is the May, 1878 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine published by Harper and Brothers in New York. The magazine contains a 24 page article with 19 illustrations titled Song Birds Of The West that describes the singing birds of the Western US. The 19 illustrations are titled:
- Purple Martins
- Birds In Nevada - Nutcracker In Foregound
- Robin
- Cat Bird
- Water Ousel
- House Wren
- Canon Wren
- Rock Wren
- Ruby Crowned Kinglet
- Townsend Solitare
- Yellow Breasted Chat
- The Yellow Warbler, or, Summer Yellow Bird
- Louisiana Tanager
- Cardinal-Grosbeak
- Vesper Sparrow
- Black Throated Sparrow
- Birds of the Forest
- Baltimore Oriole
- Bullock's Oriole
- Coast Rambles in Essex
- The Italian Poets
- Four Poems of Micel Angelo
- Old Flemish Masters - Peter Paul Rubens
- Along the Havel
- Free Muscular Development
- Many others . . .
This is the November 11, 1871 issue of The Internal Revenue Record, a 9-1/4" by 13-1/4", 8 page newspaper , published in New York. The paper was a register of "US Official Revenue and Customs Decisions published for the guidance of Government officers and taxpayers" and includes the summary and results of many legal cases. This issue has alon g report titled " Whisky Frauds in Kentucky". This is a fairly long report that takes up about 2 full pages. Paper is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the July 28, 1879 issue of The Daily city Item from Allentown, PA. It has a front page article about a fight between detective Llewelyn and Hagen and outlaws Middleton and Black George on the Niobrara River. Middleton was severely wounded, Black George was killed and Detective Hagen was wounded. Paper is in good condition - not brittle but is separated at spine (paper is in 2 sheets).
This is the September 4, 1873 issue of the Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia by Dutton and Wentworth. The paper has a 3/4 column, front page report about selling Chinese women at auction in San Francisco. The women had just arrived from Canton and were sold by the "Hip Yee Tong" for $200 to $425 each. Paper is in very good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume. Paper measures 15" by 20" and contains 8 pages. It is separated at the spine (paper is 4 separate sheets).
This is the July, 1879 issue of The Missionary Herald magazine, published in Boston by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. It measures 6" by 9-1/2" and contains 32 pages. It has a 2 page article titled "Indian Education Not An Experiment" by Rev. A.L.Riggs, Santee Agency, Nebraska. He discusses the successful training of Indians at the Hampton VA Indian school and mentions the new Normal Schoold for Indians established at the Santee Agency in Nebraska. Some of the other content in the magazine is:
- Character of Converts in China
- Mission to Spain
- Mahratta Mission
- Eastern Turkey Mission
- Japan Mission
- Foochow Mission
- others . . .
This is the October 17, 1883 issue of the Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia by Dutton and Wentworth. The paper has a 1/2 column front page report titled "Anneke Jans' Sister" that describes claims against the estate of Sarrah Webber, sister of Anneke Jans dating back to 1610. The article lists some of the descendents and circumstances of the claim. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume. Paper measures 15" by 20" and contains 8 pages. It is separated at the spine (paper is 4 separate sheets).
This is the August 16, 1873 issue of the Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia by Dutton and Wentworth. The paper has a front page report about the discovery of gold in the Yellowstone region by a French exploring party. They were not after gold and did not pursue it but once word spread, outfits were being fitted to search for gold in the Little Wolf Mountain area in Wyoming about 30 miles east of Yellowstone Basin and also at Porcupine Creek between the Big Horn and Tongue Rivers. Another area being explored was Bear Gulch Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume. Paper measures 15" by 20" and contains 8 pages. It is separated at the spine (paper is 4 separate sheets).
This is the October 21, 1873 issue of the Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia by Dutton and Wentworth. The paper has a long, 1-1/2 column inside page report about Lafayette College in Easton, PA and the dedication of Pardee Hall at the school. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume. Paper measures 15" by 20" and contains 8 pages. It is separated at the spine (paper is 4 separate sheets).
This is the April 29, 1871 issue of The Internal Revenue Record, a 9-1/4" by 13-1/4", 8 page newspaper , published in New York. The paper was a register of "US Official Revenue and Customs Decisions published for the guidance of Government officers and taxpayers". Some of the content is:
- How To Determine if Distilled Spirits Should Be Taxed
- Liabilites of Importers of Perfumes
- Liability of Brewers to Taxation
- many others . . .
- many ads . . .
This is the November 9, 1878 issue of Harper's Weekly magazine, published in New York by Harper & Brother's. The magazine measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 16" by 22" doublepage centerfold political cartoon by Thomas Nast titled "Help" . Centerfold is partially separated at fold. Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is a lot of 3, 1875 issues of the Providence Evening Press newspaper published in Providence, Rhode Island. the paper measure 21" by 26" and contain 4 pages each. Papers have some edge chips and edge tears but are overall in good condition . They contain local, US, and world news and lots of local ads. They are dated April 26, April 27, and April 28, 1875. All are similar in appearance and condition to the one shown in the image below.
This is the February 20, 1879 issue of The Independent, a 11" by 16", 32 page newspaper printed in New York City. It has a 3-1/2 column report that begins on the front page titled "Richard Henry Dana" that is about the life and career of the Cambridge Massachusetts jurist and author. Paper is from a bound volume - very good condition.
This is the July, 1876 issue of The Missionary Herald magazine, published in Boston by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. It measures 6" by 9-1/2" and contains 32 pages. It has a 1/2 page article about a visit to the Choctaw mission in Lenox, Oklahoma. Some of the other content in the magazine is:
- Dindigul Rock
- Micronesia Mission
- Japan Mission
- North China Mission
- Madura Mission
- Mahrrata Mission
- Eastern Turkey
- Western Turkey
- Austrian Empire
- Mission To Spain
- Western Mexico
- others . . .
This is the May 29 , 1879 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 1/2 column article titled Edison's Electro-Motograph that describes a new invention by Thomas Edison that could cause mechanical movement by energy transmitted from a distance without the use of electromagnetic forces. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition - uncirculated, never bound newspaper , no tears, no stains, not brittle - guaranteed authentic.
This is the November 4, 1873 issue of The Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia. The paper has a 1/2 column report about the eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii. The report describes the recent eruption. Paper is in good condition - quite clean - sheets are separated at spine. The paper measures 15" by 20" and contains 8 pages.
This is the October 29, 1873 issue of The Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia. The paper has a front page report titled "The Texas Pacific Railroad" that is about Col. Thomas Scott's unsuccessful trip to Euorope to raise capital to finance the railroad. Paper is in good condition - quite clean - sheets are separated at spine. The paper measures 15" by 20" and contains 8 pages.
This is a lot of 3 items. They are the May 31, June 2, and June 3, 1879 issues of The Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia. Each paper has at least one report on the Zulu War in Africa. Thje reports are:
- May 31: 2/3 column - front page - "The Zulu Fight" - Cetewayo Defeats a Large Band of Deserters - His Present Position
- June 3: 1/4 column - front page - "What the Zulu's Wear"
- June 2: 1/3 column report "Cetywayo Burns the Royal Kraan"
This is the March 7, 1876 issue of the Coldwater Republican newspaper published in Coldwater, Michigan. The paper has a 1-1/2 column front page report titled "Davis and Andersonville" that is a description of the Andersonville, GA Civil War Prison and also a description of the character of Jefferson Davis by Parson Brownlow. Brownlow was known as the fighting parson (he had been a Methodist minister) an anti-Confederate from the South who was imprisoned by the Confederates and later, after being released established the Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator newspaper in Knoxville (prior to the war he was the editor of the Knoxville Whig). He also served as Governor of Tennessee and as a Senator. This report is from the Knoxville Chronicle - he was still active in the newspaper business and politics until his death in 1877. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - has some light damp stains - from a bound volume.
This is the February 28, 1877 issue of The Cleveland Leader newspaper published in Cleveland, Ohio by the Leader Printing Company. The paper has a brief, but interesting, report about Phoebe Hanaford, a minister of the First Universalist Church of Jersey City whose services were terminated and her plan to establish a new church, the Second Universalist Church of Jersey City . She was supported by many of her parishioners and a committee was formed to establish a constitution and bylaws and to raise money for the new church. Committee members mentioned were Mr. Bostwick, Mr. Carey, Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Westervelt. The paper is in very good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the July 25th, 1872 issue of The Cincinnati Daily Gazette. It has a long, 1/2 column description of the town of Frankfort, Indiana in Clinton County. The article describes the growth and increase in activity in the town now that the railroad passes through the town. Names and places mentioned in the article are:
- Logansport, Crawfordsville & Southwestern Railway
- First National Bank
- Parke County Coal Company
- Frankfort Furniture Manufacturing Co.
- Frankfort Crescent (local newspaper)
- The Gazette (local newspaper)
This is the October 11, 1872 issue of the New York Tribune newspaper. The paper has a front page report titled "Anniversary Of The Chicago Fire" that is about the one year celebration of the Great Chicago Fire and it tells of the status of rebuilding the destroyed area and of the new buildings that have been built. Paper is in very good condition - very clean - not brittle.
This is the March, 27 1879 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, which was founded by John Humphrey Noyes. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It has a 1/2 column page 3 article about the 25th anniversary celebration of the laying of the 1st Atlantic Cable. The article contains the text of speeches by Cyrus W. Field and David Dudley Field. Some of the other articles in this issue are:
- Socialistic Notes
- Chinese Sociology
- Fouriana
- Perfectionist Polarities
This is the May 16, 1873 issue of the Legal Gazette, a 10-1/2" by 15", 8 page weekly newspaper published by King & Baird in Philadelphia. The paper contains Philadelphia legal cases, decisions and opinions and some US court opinions and decisions (from other states or the US Supreme Court), and some local advertising. Some of the content in this issue is:
- Court Of Common Pleas of Mercer County
- Acts of Assemble - 1873
- Chief Justice Chase
- Judge King
- Recent Decisions in United States Courts
This is the February 27, 1874 issue of The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper. The paper has a long, 4-1/2 column, front page report titled "CENTENNIAL" that is about preliminary debates in the senate about plans for the Centennial Exhibition to be held in Philadelphia in 1876. The paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the March 4, 1874 issue of The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper. The paper has a brief, but interesting, front page report titled "The Vasquez Bandits" that tells of the notorious Vasquez gang robbing the Los Angeles stage near Solidad and also robbed a store and took horses from the stable in Solidad. The paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the April 6, 1872 issue of Harper's Weekly magazine, published in New York by Harper & Brother's. The magazine measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a brief report about the status of Major Powell's explorations of the Canons of the Colorado in Utah and Arizona that states his explorations had been conducted throught the Canons of Green River to the mouth of the Paria and to the head of Marble Canyon in Arizona. Magazine is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the July 25, 1879 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper has a 3/4 column report about the centennial celebration of the battle of Minisink in the revolutionary war. The article describes the celebration at Goshen, New York. Paper is in good condition - not real brittle. Paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages.
This is the March 21, 1877 issue of The Cleveland Leader newspaper published in Cleveland, Ohio by the Leader Printing Company. The paper has a long, 2/3 column report titled "Mauna Loa" that describes the eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano on the island of Hawaii. Some of the names and places mentioned in the report are:
- Captain Cook's Bay
- Kealakeakua Bay
- Kawaihae
- Mokuaweoweo
- Pohakuhanalei
- Kahuku in Kau
- Maui
- Makee's plantation
- Waikapu
- Madame Pele
- Kanakas
This is a lot of 10, Concord Daily Monitor newspapers published in Concord, New Hampshire by the Republican Press Association. The papers are dated October 21, October 22, October 23, October 25, October 26, October 28, October 29, October 30, October 31, and November 1, 1878. They contain local, national, and world news and local ads. The papers are all in fairly good condition -- some splits at horizontal centerfold - from a bound volume.
This is the August 15, 1871 issue of the New York Tribune newspaper published in New York . The paper has a long, 1+ column report titled "Down The French Broad Valley" that describes the French Broad Valley in the Warm Springs, North Carolina area. The article describes the country and has a report about the Laurel massacre in the Civil War . Some of the names and places mentioned in the report are:
- Asheville
- Marshall
- Madison County
- Marshall House
- Laurel Creek Valley
- Warm Springs
This is the June 5, 1879 issue of the New York Tribune newspaper published in New York . The paper has a 3" by 3-1/2" ad titled "Coney Island Pier" placed by the Ocean Navigation and Pier Company. advertising to rent the following properties:
- Restaurant
- Lager Beer Saloon
- Bar Room on Promenade Deck
- Bar Room - Lower Deck
- Oyster, Clam and Chowder Saloon
- Ice Cream Saloon
- Segar Room
- 1200 Bathing Houses
This is the May, 1879 issue of The Cuba Patriot newspaper published in Cuba, New York. It has a long, 1-1/4 column, front page article titled "From A Living Tomb" that tells of the dramatic rescue of coal miners who had been trapped in a mine in Wilkes-Barre for 5 days and 15 hours. The report tells how the miners survived and how they were rescued. Some of the names mentioned in the report are:
- Benjamin Hawkins (trapped miner)
- Price (trapped miner)
- Green (trapped miner)
- William Kenney (trapped miner)
- John Clark (a boy trapped with miners)
- Barney Reilly (trapped miner)
- Richard Fell (night boss)
- Mine Superintendent Smith
- Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
- Charles Parrish
This is a lot of 10 items (all the same). They are a 24 page, 5-1/4" by 8" booklet titled "The Oneida Community - A Dialogue" that is a history of the Oneida Community in Oneida, New York. The booklet was written by Henry J. Seymour, one of the original members of the community and was published shortly after the community was disbanded in late 1879. Seymour describes the community and their religious views in an interview format. The first page of the booklet mentions the names of all of the newspapers published by the community from 1834 to 1879. Seymour's purpose was to document the existence of the community for future generations. Quite an interesting booklet - all are in very good condition. I do not know the exact year this was published but will guarantee it to be from the 1880-1882 period - most likely was published in 1880 right after the Community was disbanded (last regular publication of the community newspaper, The American Socialist was December, 1879). This booklets are on the same paper and use the same font as the American Socialist and were most likely printed at the Oneida press.
This is the August 19, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. It has several reports and illustrations about the 1876 International Exposition, the Centennial Exposition, in Philadelphia. The front page article and illustration is of American Thread Lace Making. Some of the other Exposition related articles are:
- The Women's Building
- Machinery Hall - Cork Making
- Wood Working Machinery
- Exhibits of the Bridgewater Iron Works and the Rider Life Raft Company
- Illustrations of the Exhibition
- 2 pages of illustrations of machines on display at the Exposition
This is the August 7, 1879 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 1 column article titled "Cedar Hill Farm" that describes an experimental farm in Somerset County, NJ near Flagtown, NJ that was owned by a New York banker. The farm brought impoverished and troubled youth from the city to learn the skills of farming and later placed them into wage earning positions at other farms. The farm was managed by George Marx and had proved to be successful. The article describes the farm and how it worked. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the October 24, 1878 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 1-1/2 column article titled The Inventor Of The Phonograph that describes his boyhood and how he came to invent elctric devices. The article also describes his shop in Menlo Park. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the September 5, 1878 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a report about a group of families from Stratford, Connecticut settling in the northern part of the town. The families were mostly by the name of Curtis and Lewis and they were Universalists and they lived a Socialistic lifestyle. They were known in town as "Stratforders" and they lived in a part of the town known as Stratford Street. They built a church in the town in 1822. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the December 21, 1876 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 3/4 column article titled "The Rhode Island Community" that describes a socialist community in Madison, New York that was founded by a group of men from Rhode Island in about 1786. The community was known by the names of "Rhode Island Quarter" , Rhode Island Family" and "Rhode Island Workers". The article states that the most common names in the group were Simmons, Brownell, Blair and Coe with Simmons being the most prevalent. The article goes on to tell how they built a Prsbyterian Church in the center of the town and how they prospered as a group. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the January 11, 1877 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by John Humphrey Noyes, the founder of the socialist commune, The Oneida Community, located there. The paper has an article titled The Latye Commodore Vanderbilt that is about the death of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the President of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. Vanderbilt had dies a week earlier on January 4, 1877. The paper also has a shor article titled "Mark Twain At Home" that descirbes Samuel Clemens' home. The paper also has the charter for the Virginia Socialist community "The Potomac Phalanx" located on the Potomac River 20 miles below Washington, DC. Some of the other articles in the paper are:
- Evolution Of Communities
- Utopia Or The Happy Republic
- Practical Co-Operation
- Diary Of Gideon Savage
- A Division Of Earnings
- Practical Socialism
- Law Of The Inverse Square
This is the August 17, 1876 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, which was founded by John Humphrey Noyes. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in very good condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - 4 small binding marks at spine. It has a 1-1/3 column article titled "The North Union Shakers" that describes the Shaker community near Cleveland, Ohio. The paper also has an interesting 1+ column article titled "A Glimpse Of Newport" that describes Newport Rhode Island through the eyes of a first time visitor. Some of the other articles in this issue are:
- Community Meetings
- How Large Ought Home To Be
- The Competetive Struggle
- many others . . .
This is the March 30, 1878 issue of " The Illustrated London News ", an illustrated magazine published in London, England, very similar in size and format to Harper's Weekly published in the US. It measures 11 inches by 16 inches and contains 24 pages. The issue has a long illustrated report titled "Ostrich Farming In South Africa" that is abour 2-1/2 pages in length. There is about 1-1/2 columns of text and 2 pages of illustrations of the ostrich farm. The 9 illustrations are titled:
- Heatherton Towers Near Grahamstown
- Birds Mustering
- Birds Drinking
- The Incubating Room
- A Bird Sitting
- Helping Out a Weak One
- Coolie With Young Birds
- Finding A Nest
- The Feather Room
This is the December 5, 1878 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a front page poem by Bayard Taylor dated at the American Legation , Berlin Germany, Nov. 12, 1878 titled "The Village Stork" . Paper is in very good condition - not brittle - very clean - from a bound volume.
This is a lot of 2 items. They are the September 1 and September 12, 1873 issues of the Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia by Dutton and Wentworth. The papers each have a front page report about Professor Wise and his planned balloon voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from New York. The first article gives some opinions and technical reasons by an expert as to how Professor Wise's calculations and assumptions regarding the balloon's lifting power and the height and speed of prevailing West to East wind currents over the Atlantic are incorrect. The second paper tells of a failed attempt to inflate the balloon on the previous day and of the expectation that the balloon would be filled today (September 12th). Papers are in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume. Papers measure 15" by 20" and contain 8 pages each . They are separated at the spine (papers are each 4 separate sheets).
This is the September 12, 1878 issue of the Concord Daily Monitor newspaper published in Concord, New Hampshire by the Republican Press Association. The paper has a long, 1-2/3 column, front page report titled "Belknap County Fair" that describes the fair held at Laconia, New Hampshire. Some of the names and places mentioned in the report are:
- S. F. Wadleigh of Meredith
- M. L. Wadleigh of Meredith
- William Neal of Meredith
- Nathan Chase - Belmont
- Eliza Sutton - Centre Harbor
- A. B. Weeks - Gilford
- G. F. Kelley - Gilmanton
- J. W. Wells & Son - Belmont
- L. A. Ladd - Laconia
- C. W. Neal and John M. Neal - Meredith
- G. N. Eaton of Meredith
- R. L. Coe - Centre Harbor
- Thomas Cogswell - Gilmanton
- O. F. Humphrey - Center Harbor
- J. M. Beede - Meredith
- Mrs. Sutton - Center Harbor
- J. B. Durrell - Gilmanton
- O. Farrar - Gilford
- John A. Page - Belmont
- E. A. Hall - Belmont
- C. E. Plumer - Gilmanton
- John J. Kelley - Laconia
- S. F. Sanborn - Sanbornton
- W. C. Sherman - Laconia
- H. N. March - Laconia
- James R. Hill & Co.
- Many others . . .
This is the May 29, 1875 issue of The Providence Evening Press newspaper from Providence, Rhode Island. The paper has a long, 3-1/2 column front page article about the centennial celebration of the First Baptist Church of Providence, Rhode Island. The article gives a history of the church from its opening on May 28, 1775 to the present and a summary of the clebration. Paper is in fairly good condition with some edge chips and short edge tears - from a bound volume.
This is the April 25, 1879 issue of The Cuba Patriot newspaper published in Cuba, New York. It has a 11/4 column report about the death of John Adams Dix that tells of his death and gives a brief summary of his career. Dix was born in Boscawen, NH and served as US Secretary of the Treasury and Governor of New York. Paper is in good condition - quite clean - rag paper - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the February 11, 1880 issue of The Genesee Valley Free Press newspaper published in Belmont, New York. It has an intersting 3-1/2 column front page article titled "A Journal of Travel From Chicago to Arizona" by Miss Crepe McNett. The trip was by train, wagon and horseback and is describes in quite a bit of detail. Some of the places, train lines and names mentioned in the article are:
- C. B. & Q. Railroad
- Aurora and Mendota IL
- Galesburg and Quincy IL
- Kaansas City
- Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
- Las Vegas
- Topeka
- Emporia
- Lawrence
- La Jaunta
- Fort Lyon
- Pikes Peak
- Green Horn Mountains
- Rio Percos
- Hot Springs of New Mexico
- Santa Fe
- Senor Romero
- Tucalota
- San Jose
- Valley of Pecos (NM)
- Pahiretta
- Giorietta
- Santa Fe Valley
- Mt. Taylor
- St. Michaels College
- Fort Wingate
- Lavahata
- Pena Blanca
- Mineral Springs
- Defiance
- Fort Defiance
This is the February 25, 1880 issue of The Genesee Valley Free Press newspaper published in Belmont, New York. It has a front page, 1/2 column report titled "Manitou Springs" that describes the Colorado health resort located near the base of Pike's Peak and not too far from Colorado Springs. . Paper is in good condition - very clean - some small edge chips.
This is the June 9, 1880 issue of The Genesee Valley Free Press newspaper published in Belmont, New York. It has a long, 2-3/4 column front page article titled "A Most Interesting Letter From Miss Crepe McNett - Fort Wingate, May 22, 1880" that describes a visit to the Navajo reservation in Northweat New Mexico and North East Arizona. The article gives a fairly detailed report of observations of life on the reservation. Paper is in good condition - very clean - not brittle.
This is the July 14, 1880 issue of The Genesee Valley Free Press newspaper published in Belmont, New York. It has a failry long 2/3 column report titled "Organization Of The Rochester and Genesee Valley Canal and Railroad Co. The repoort includes the Articles Of Agreement of the Company, ht enames of the board of directors and a list of the names of some of the stock holders Paper is in good condition - very clean - not brittle.
This is the August 4, 1880 issue of The Genesee Valley Free Press newspaper published in Belmont, New York. It has a . Paper is in good condition - very clean - not brittle.
This is the August 4, 1880 issue of The Genesee Valley Free Press newspaper published in Belmont, New York. It has a long, 1-2/3 column report titled "General View of the Allegany Oil Region" by Professor W. H. Pitt. The article describes the geology of New York in general and specifically the Allegany Oil Region of Western New York and how it became an oil region. Paper is in good condition - very clean - not brittle.
This is the February 12, 1880 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 2-1/2 column letter by Susan Wallace (Mrs. Governor Lew Wallace) from Santa Fe, New Mexico describing life and the houses in the town of Santa Fe, New Mexico. She describes the adobe houses and brick makers and a Civil War monument that was in the center of the plaza. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the May 31, 1875 issue of The Providence Evening Press newspaper from Providence, Rhode Island. The paper has a long, 1 column front page report about a fire that destroyed 35 buildings in Springfield, Massachusetts - much of the business section of the city. The fire broke out in the planing mill of H. M. Conkey on Taylor Street and spread to Hurburt's Block., Bill's block, Main Street, Bridge Street, Vernon Street, and Water street. Some of the names and business mentioned are:
- Conkey's Planing Mill
- Vinor and Leonard's Furniture Store
- Hodd's Carriage Warerooms
- Fitt's Stair Building Shop
- Burna's Picture Frame Manufactory
- Wason's large lumber shed
- Rogers & Pipers House Builders
- Stebbins Brass Foundry
- Wilkinson's Block
- Joyce & Burnham's Carpentry Shop
- Abbe's Lumber Yard
- Burt's Block - including the Sunday Telegram and Homestead newspaper offices
- Webber's Fish Market
- Chapin , Worcester & Co.
- McNight Norton & Hawley Dry Goods
- W. D. Kinsmen
- Bethel Church
- Moses Goldthwaite
- W. L. Shepherd
- Joseph Shaw
- J. R. Childs
- Leonard Bond's Boarding House
- Mrs. Brown's Boarding House
- Breeder's House
- Flagg's Barn
- several others . . .
This is the October 26, 1865 issue of The Daily Cleveland Herald newspaper published in Cleveland, Ohio. The paper measures 21" by 26" and contains 4 pages. It has a brief report about the opening of Lac La Belle, Michigan as a harbor for the transport of Copper from Keweena Point copper mines. Lac La Belle is located on the upper peninsula on Lake Superior. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the March 20, 1874 issue of The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper. The paper has a 2/3 column report about the impending eruption of Bald Mountain in McDowell County, North Carolina. The report tells of some activity that is indicative of a pending eruption but also goes on to give the opinion of an expert that an eruption will not occur. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the February 16, 1876 issue of The Wheeling Intelligencer newspaper published in Wheeling, West Virginia by Frew and Campbell. The paper has a 2/3 column article that describes the iron region of Virginia from Clifton Forge to Lynchburg, VA. Some of the names and places mentioned in the article are:
- Callie Furnace
- D. S. Cook
- James River
- Buchanan
- Chestnut Mountain
- Lynchburg
- Riversville
- Gen. Bartlett's Furnace near Richmond
- Huntington
This is the January17, 1876 issue of the Daily Local News newspaper published in West Chester, Pennsylvania by W. H. Hodgson and edited by W. W. Thomson. It measures 14-1/2" by 20" and contains 4 pages. Very good condition - not brittle - never bound. It has an original poem by George Elliot (Mary Ann Evans) titled "The Lovers". It is on the rear page.
This is the September 16, 1873 issue of The Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia. The paper has a long, 1 column speech by Emilio Catelar, who had just become dictator of Spain. The speech is his acceptance speech upon assuming control of Spain. He was only in office from September through December, 1873. Paper is in good condition - quite clean. Sheets are separated at spine. The paper measures 15" by 20" and contains 8 pages.
This is the October 28, 1873 issue of The Evening Telegraph newspaper published in Philadelphia. The paper has a 1/3 column front page article titled "A Frightful Balloon Voyage" that describes a balloon ascension from the San Francisco area that went bad and resulted in the aeronauts having to be rescued in the Pacific ocean and in the loss of the balloon. Paper is in good condition - quite clean. Sheets are separated at spine. The paper measures 15" by 20" and contains 8 pages.
This is the September 14, 1878 issue of the Concord Daily Monitor newspaper published in Concord, New Hampshire by the Republican Press Association. The paper has a front page ad for the Union Carriage Manufactory located on Main Street at the rear of the First National Bank . The ad describes the Union Carriage Manufactory's line of carriages, wagons and buggies. There is a second ad on an inside page for the Flanders, White and Houston carriages located at the rear of the Masonic Temple in Concord, NH. The ad describes the wagons and carriages manufactured by Flanders, White and Houston. The paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - has acid free conservator's tape repair of split at centerfold.
This is the February 19, 1880 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long, 4-1/2 column article titled "A Woman's Letter From Washington" by Mary Clemmer, the noted US author and poet. She was best known for these letters from Washington published in The Independent - she was a contributor to the Independent through these letters for several years. This particular letter is about efforts to stop gambling in the army and about a visit to the White House at the invitation of President and Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the April 22, 1880 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 3-1/2 column front page (2-1/4 columns on front page) biography of the life and career of Vermont Senator George Franklin Edmunds. The article was written by Edmund Hudson. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the September 23, 1880 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a front page poem titled "The Fallen Pine Cone " by Paul H. Hayne . Hayne was a nephew of Robert Hayne the politician and was known as "Laureate of the South." He moved from Charleston, SC to Groveton, Georgia after the Civil War and spent the rest of his life there. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the February 19, 1876 issue of the Daily Local News newspaper published in West Chester, Pennsylvania by W. H. Hodgson and edited by W. W. Thomson. It measures 14-1/2" by 20" and contains 4 pages. Very good condition - not brittle - never bound. It has a 1/4 column front page report titled "The Cedar Mines of New Jersey" that describes how the buried and petrified cedar trees of the Cape May swamps were mined . The ancient trees were mined to make cedar shingles.
This is the February 23, 1876 issue of the Daily Local News newspaper published in West Chester, Pennsylvania by W. H. Hodgson and edited by W. W. Thomson. It measures 14-1/2" by 20" and contains 4 pages. Very good condition - not brittle - never bound. It has a long, 3-1/4 column article (2 columns are on the front page - the remainder on the rear page) titled "The 22d At Oxford - The Town Ablaze With Patriotism - A Glorious Day For Everyone". The article describes the celebration at Oxford, Pennsylvania of the 144th birthday of George Washington. Some of the names and places mentioned in the report are:
- West Chester Pioneers
- West Chester Coronet Band
- Centennial Minute Men
- West Chester Greys
- Wayne Fencibles
- Philadelphia & Baltimore Central Railroad
- Oxford Guards
- Major Brown
- Dr. Hutchinson
- Capt. J. Lacy Darlington
- Harry Taylor
- Maj. A. C. Fulton
- Captain McFarlan
- Captain Milton Taylor
- Lt. H. M. Worth
- Capt. R. T> Cornwell
- Morton Rifles - Capt. Barton
- William Gallagher
- James B. Everhart
- Lt. McCauley
- Major Fulton
- T. W. Pierce
- Sherman House
- I. F. Coffman
- Sheriff Morrison
- Captain Cornwell
This is the April 12, 1873 issue of The New York Ledger an illustrated, mostly literary newspaper that featured contemporary western, detective, etc. writers of the day. Much of the paper is fiction but it has a non-fiction story, about 1-1/4 columns in length titled "George Rogers Clark" that tells of his efforts to control the Indians during the Revolutionary War. The paper is in fairly good condition with some wear at centerfold.
This is the August 7, 1879 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 1 column article titled "Cedar Hill Farm" that describes an experimental farm in Somerset County, NJ near Flagtown, NJ that was owned by a New York banker. The farm brought impoverished and troubled youth from the city to learn the skills of farming and later placed them into wage earning positions at other farms. The farm was managed by George Marx and had proved to be successful. The article describes the farm and how it worked. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in very good condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the April 19, 1877 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by John Humphrey Noyes, the founder of the socialist commune, The Oneida Community, located there. It has a front page article titled "Notes On The Shakers" and is about a visit to a Shaker community. The article takes up about 1/2 of the front page. Some of the other articles in the paper are:
- Allies Of Communism
- A Study In Genealogy
- Utopia Or The Happy Republic
- A Co-Operative Boarding House
- The Telephone As It Probably Will Be
This is the June 5, 1874 issue of The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper. The paper has a long, 1-1/4 column article titled "University Of Pennsylvania" that tells of the inauguration in West Philadelphia of the new hospital building that was connected with the Medical Department of the university. The article describes the building and the inauguration ceremony that was attended by:
- John F. Hartranft
- Hon. William A. Wallace
- Hon. Eli K. Price
- Major John Q. James
- General Cadwallader
- Professor C. J. Stille
- Prof. Rogers
- Prof. Barker
- John Welsh
- Judge Allison
- Clement Biddle
- J. Vaughn Merrick
- William Sellers
- Saunders Lewis
- Dr. William Pepper
- Dr. Carson
- Dr. Alfred Stille
- Dr. Agnew
- Dr. Smith
- Rev. Bishop Stevens
- Rev. Dr. Morton
- Rev. Dr. Beadle
- Rev. Dr. George Dana Boardman
- Rev. Dr. Newton
- Stephen Flanagan
- John Crump
- T. W. Richards
This is the January 10 , 1878 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a front page poem titled "The Mystery of Bare Boughs" by Howard Glyndon, the pen name of Laura Searing the deaf poetess. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the February 21, 1878 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long, 2 column report titled "The Marpingen Miracles" that is about reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary and child in Marpingen, Prussia. The report also briefly mentions a reported miracle at Mauch Chunk, PA where a Father Heiner allegedly raised to life a dead woman. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the July 18, 1878 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long , 2-1/4 column report titled "The Amish Conference" that tells of the annual conference of the Amish held near Eureka, Illinois in June, 1878. Names mentioned in the report are:
- J. K. Yoder of Ohio
- J. P. King of Ohio
- Samuel Yoder of Pennsylvania
This is the June, 1878 issue of the Missionary Herald magazine published in Boston. It measures 5-1/2" by 8-1/2" and contains 32 pages. It has a long, 6 page report titled "Japan Missions" that is a summary of missionary work in 1878. Some of the names and places mentioned in the report are:
- O. H. Gulick
- Kobe
- Sasayama Tamba
- Mr. Davis
- Kobe Home
- Sanda Church
- Kioto
- Tokio (Tokyo)
- Dr. Gordon
- Mr. Atkinson
- Hiogo
- Akashi
- Tamon Dori
This is the November 21, 1878 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long, 1-1/2 column article titled "The California Convention and the Chinese" that tells of a law the California Legislature passed that was exclusionary to Chinese and was ultimately overturned by the US Supreme Court. The article goes on to tell of proposals that were voted on at the current Constitutional Convention that were also believed to be exclusionary and were likely to be overuled by the Supreme Court. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the August 27, 1875 issue of The Legal Intelligencer newspaper, the oldest law journal in the United States. The paper measures 12" by 18" and contains 8 pages. The front page has some wear at the fold and has been reinforced on the back side with acid free archival tape.
This is a hard cover, bound volume of The Medical News, a monthly medical magazine published in Philadelphia by Lea Brothers Inc. The volume contains the January 1877 through December 1877 issues (12 issues) of the magazine. The magazine has case histories of medical procedures and cases, advancements in medicine, and some illustrations. The volume measures 6" by 8-1/2" and contains 189 pages. Good condition - leather spine and corners with marbled boards. Has old library marking at base of spine.
This is the June 20, 1878 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a large, 10-1/2" by 15-1/2" full page ad for Carboline manufactured by Kennedy & Co. of Pittsburgh, PA. The ad shows an illustration of oil wells and storage tanks with a village in the background (Carboline was made from petroleum). The ad describes the advantages of Carboline for the hair (it was a hair care product). Very good condition - rag paper - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the Wednesday, May 9, 1877 issue of The Lehigh Register published in Allentown, PA. The front page has an interesting 3/4 column, front page article titled "The Home of Jefferson". The article is about the decayed condition of the former home of Thomas Jefferson and includes a brief tour of the building. The report also tells how the property had passed to Capti Levy of the US Navy and that the ownership was now in dispute among Jefferson's heirs. The paper is in good condition - spine separation has been repaired.
This is the June 5 , 1879 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 2 column article titled The Pennsylvania Dunkers that describes the Pennsylvania Dunker communities in Mifflin, Syder, and Hunttington counties and how successful they have been. The author reports specifically on the community at Maitland. The article describes their dress and lifestyle and church services. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the August 11, 1876 issue of the Daily Local News newspaper published in West Chester, Pennsylvania by W. H. Hodgson and edited by W. W. Thomson. It measures 14-1/2" by 20" and contains 4 pages. Very good condition - not brittle - never bound. It has a long front page article titled "Under The Trees at Longwood - The Sterns and McFarlands in Social Family Reunion". The article tells of a reunion of the Sterns, McFarland, Heald, and West families , prominent families in the Chester county, Longwood, Kennett Square area of Pennsylvania. The report takes up 4 columns on the front page and another 2-1/2 columns on the rear page. Some of the sub-sections of the report are:
- Welcome Song
- Genealogy
- The Centennial
- Sketch of John McFarland
- Ancestry and Genealogy of the Stern Family
This is the March 15, 1877 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has 2 long reports about the Oberlin, OH socialist community. It has a 2/3 column article describing the community and a 1 column report titled "The Oberlin Covenant" that is the contract or agreement under which the community was governed. The community was founded by John J. Shiherd in 1833. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in very good condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the October 24, 1878 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 1-1/2 column article titled The Inventor Of The Phonograph that describes his boyhood and how he came to invent electric devices. The article also describes his shop in Menlo Park. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in very good condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound.
This is the July 20, 1876 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 2 column article titled "The Putney Community" that is a history of the "Perfectionist" community at Putney, Vermont that was the root origin of the Oneida Community who published the American Socialist newspaper. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition - uncirculated, never bound newspaper , no tears, no stains, not brittle - guaranteed authentic.
This is the April, 1878 issue of Peterson's Magazine published in Philadelphia by Charles J. Peterson. It measures 6-1/2" by 10" and contains about 70 pages. It also includes a 9-1/2" by 11" fold out hand colored fashion print and a full page color print along with some smaller single page fashion prints. All are in good condition - magazine has original covers - never bound - some roughness of edges of magazine covers - does not affect prints.
This is the May 29 , 1879 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 1/2 column article titled Edison's Electro-Motograph that describes a new invention by Thomas Edison that could cause mechanical movement by energy transmitted from a distance without the use of electromagnetic forces. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in near perfect condition - uncirculated, never bound newspaper , no tears, no stains, not brittle - guaranteed authentic.
This is the May 29 , 1879 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It has a 1/2 column article titled Edison's Electro-Motograph that describes a new invention by Thomas Edison that could cause mechanical movement by energy transmitted from a distance without the use of electromagnetic forces. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in very good condition - never bound , no tears, no stains, not brittle - guaranteed authentic.
This is an 18" by 24" completely handwritten vellum indenture. The handwriting is neat and clear and easy to read. It transfers property from Edward Shippen Willing, gentleman of Philadelphia and his wife Alice B. to Thomas H. Powers, of Philadelphia, manufacturing chemist. The property was located on the south side of Walnut Street and extended to Chancellor Street in Philadelphia. This was a significant piece of property as the purchase price was $61,000 which was a considerable sum of money in 1874. The Willing's were a prominent family in early Philadelphia history. I believe this couple, Edward Shippen Willing and Alice B. Willing were the parents of Ava Willing who became the first wife of John Jacob Astor IV. She was also known as Lady Ribblesdale. The document is dated September 1, 1874. The document is in very good condition - well done and neatly written. Document has three wax seals. Guaranteed to be authentic - very suitable for framing.
This is the March 9, 1878 issue of The Graphic, an illustrated weekly magazine published in London, very similar in size and format to Harper's Weekly in the US. The magazine measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 32 pages. The magazine has a 16" by 23" centerfold print titled "The Forthcoming International Exhibition at Paris - The British Indian Pavilion". There is a brief related article - print is in very goods condition- very clean - suitable for framing. The magazine has a second 16" by 23" centerfold titled "Signing the Peace Preliminaries At Adrianople, January 31, 1878" (Russo-Turkish War - see 3rd image below) and many other full page and smaller illustrations. Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the December, 1877 issue of The Ladies Floral Cabinet, a 10-1/2" by 13-3/4", 16 page monthly magazine for women. This issue has an article titled "Prize Recipes For Cooking" that has 22 recipes. They are:
- Cherry Roly Poly
- Graham Gems
- Orange Cake
- Cream Beer
- Chicken Salad
- Canned Citron
- Sea Foam
- Artificial Honey
- Corn Starch Custard
- Sweet Apple Pickles
- Chocolate Caramels
- Corn Oysters
- Newport Cakes
- Potato Balls
- Tea Rolls
- Spiced Currants
- Crab Apple Marmalade
- Fried Oysters
- Piccalilli
- Buckwheat Cakes
- Cracker Soup
- Lemon Pie
- New Mode of Preparing Beefsteak
- Cinnamon Vine
- Whale Oil Soap
- Hints On Plant Culture
- Arrangement of Cut Flowers
- The Amaryllis
- Kerosene Stoves
- Pansies
- Carpets
- Hooked Rugs
- Invalids Pocket
- Shawl Strap In Canvas Work
- Sheet Music "Darling, Keep One Little Kiss"
This is the December, 1876 issue of Gleason's Monthly Companion a 6" by 9-1/2", 48 page magazine published in Boston. It has a poem by Phoebe Cary titled "Our Homestead" . Phoebe Cary was a the sister of Alice Cary - both were noted writers of the period from the Cincinnati, Ohio area. Good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the August 12, 1880 issue of The Independent, a 32 page, 11" by 15-1/2" newspaper published in New York. The paper has a short story by Mrs. P. T. Barnum titled "Dust" . The story is about 2-1/2 columns in length. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the August 17, 1876 issue of The American Socialist published in Oneida, New York by the Socialist Commune (The Oneida Community) located there, which was founded by John Humphrey Noyes. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It is in very good condition, no tears, no stains, not brittle - never bound. It has a 1-1/3 column article titled "The North Union Shakers" that describes the Shaker community near Cleveland, Ohio. The paper also has an interesting 1+ column article titled "A Glimpse Of Newport" that describes Newport Rhode Island through the eyes of a first time visitor. Some of the other articles in this issue are:
- Community Meetings
- How Large Ought Home To Be
- The Competitive Struggle
- many others . . .