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Boston, MA: Henry W. Dutton & Son, 1861. 49 x 68 cm. Filled with Civil War news. Telegraph dispatch reports that Mississippi Senator Jefferson Davis is urging moderation, and vouches for Major Anderson, now commanding Fort Sumter, in Charleston (SC) Harbor. President Buchanan is very anxious to avoid bloodshed as messages and messengers fly back and forth. The President, it is reported, will be willing to recognize a de facto government embracing three or more states. ""The Secession Theory of Debt"" is indignant editorial about South Carolinians who have passed a bill in their House to stay the collection of debts by Carolinians to men in non-slaveholding states. ""A non-slaveholder may be, purely in consequence of his lack of 'niggers,' a very contemptible creature, uinworthy of a Southern gentleman's notice..."" Major Robert Anderson, a 56-year-old Kentuckian who commands the Union forces at Fort Sumter, is much in the news. Discussion of selections for President-elect Lincoln's cabinet. Ban… Read More

Boston, MA: Henry W. Dutton & Son, 1861. 49 x 68 cm. Civil War news. Poem, ""Watchers"" by John G. Whittier. Advertisement for 500 Recruits Wanted Instantly! Bounty of $100. Special appeal to Irishmen of Massachusetts for 28th Regiment being raised by Patrick Donahoe, editor of the Boston Pilot. A Roman Catholic Priest will accompany the regiment. Gloucester Fishermen are feeling the effects of the war-- mackerel prices have hit a new low. ""We hope that many fishermen will enter the navy, for great things should be done this winter in that branch of the service."" Particulars on the Occupation of Port Royal: General Sherman has decided to fortify it so that it will be impregnable. Rebel Account of the Engagement at Hilton Head. Much consternation in Savannah as retreating Rebels, many wounded, show up there. The Navy Department has extended the time for receiving students at the re-located Naval Academy at Newport, RI. Troubles in Baltimore on account of a ""treasonable minority""… Read More

Boston, MA: Henry W. Dutton & Son, 1862. 49 x 68 cm. Civil War news. Poem ""At Port Royal--1861"" by John G. Whittier, from The Atlantic Monthly. Also, ""Song of the Negro Boatmen"" --""Oh, praise an' tanks! De Lord he come To set the people free, An' massa tink it day ob doom�"" Report of Rebel raid on home of Union officer in Tennesee, how they abused his wife and daughters, stripped the house of all possessions. Good news from battle in Eastern Kentucky. Zollicoffer and Crittenden. Report of how the Pirate Sumter escaped from the United States sloop Iroquis, as reported by the London Times. Report of General Lane's Texan Expedition, with goal of recruiting men, black, white or red, to ""wrest Texas from the confederate grasp."" Report of interview with President Lincoln by several gentlemen from Philadelphia and Boston; Lincoln's statement of how and why he appointed Stanton as Secretary of War. Editorial: ""No General in either army has succeeded in so short a time in contributing so much… Read More

Boston, MA: Henry W. Dutton & Son, 1861. 49 x 68 cm. Considerable Civil War news. President Jefferson Davis has made a requisition on South Carolina for troops, for ""purposes unknown"".....[ Southern troops would fire upon Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861] Poem on front page, ""The Crucifixion"" by John G. Whittier. ""Views of an Arkansas Merchant"" who notes that Arkansas has just voted down secession. He supports the Union. ""Rumors about Fort Sumter""; New Burlesque, ""Female Forty Thieves"" now playing at the Howard Athenaeum in Boston. Opera. Helevy's great work :La Juive"" was presented in Boston last night to an immense audience. Very impressive performance by Sig. Stigelli and Mme. Colson. Newspaper,two ads on front page, each about six lines of type by one column, cut out, thus incomplete. Poor. . Catalogs: Civil War/Newspapers.

Brattleboro, VT: The Reformer, 1895. 42 x 60 cm. Lead story: ""Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty! Finely Exemplified at the Department Encampment of the Vermont G.A.R. --One of the Most Inspiring Gatherings the Order Has Ever Held"" Report of encampment of Civil War Veterans at Brattleboro. Department Commander C.F. Branch from Newport, VT. Ex-Gov. Holbrook spoke of remembrances of Lincoln; large camp fire and speeches by Gov. Woodbury, Gen. Lawler, ex-Gov. Euller, Col. Gou'ding, Revs. Day and Parry. Includes photos of distinguished Vermont veterans who attended, with biographies. Also story about President Cleveland sending special message to Congress on the financial situation; country is on the verge of a gold panic. Newspaper, fraying at horizontal center folds, fair. . Catalogs: Civil War/Newspapers.

Cincinnati, OH: The Daily Gazette, 1863. 60 x 70 cm. In the middle of the Civil War this ""Western"" paper gives Status of the Rebel States: ""How did the district held by the rebels become foreign territory in the eyes of the law?"" This issuer features ""The President's Message"" in which Abraham Lincoln reports to Fellow Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives that Foreign Neutrality has been preserved, our blockade of Southern ports has been observed and respected, our Slave Trade Treaty with Great Britain has been ratified and carried into execution. Report also includes operations of the Treasury , and report of the Secretary of the Navy. The Secretary of the Navy reports acquisition of armored vessels, increase in seamen from 7000 in 1861 to 24,000 now, the Naval Academy (now located in Newport, RI) is rendering signal service in preparing midshipmen for their highly responsible duties; also detailed plans for Reconstruction, upon cessation of the war. Separate report from the… Read More

Providence, RI: Noah D. Payne, 1869. 52 x 66 cm. "The Chicago Sorosis is in trouble. [This newly-founded Women's Suffrage movement] may deem that its best claim for popularity will be in showing that it is as quarrelsome and as imbecile as Congress."" Much commentary about the Radical Party: ""It never had any other capital than unblushing impudence and illimitable rascality."" General Grant has at last agreed to attend his inauguration ball. The editorial remarks that ""the Radicals turn away disgusted and mad because Sambo and Dinah are not to be 'to the fore' in this initiatory festival of Grant's administration."" Southern railroad corporations are offering cheap rail fares to those northerners investigating residence in the South, and even cheaper fares (1 cent per mile) to those settling in the South. Discussion of war or peace with England. General Grant holds England responsible for the work of Anglo-Rebel piracy during the Rebellion. Newspaper, very good. . Catalogs: Civil War/Newspapers.

Waltham, MA: Josiah Hastings, 260 Main St, 1869. 40 x 57 cm. A Daily Glance at Indians--report from Quadrat of observations while he was a resident of the west bank of the Missouri River. Winnebago, Omaha, Pawnee tribes. Observation of braves and squaws. What they wear. ""Fault Finding"" Essay on the luxury of finding fault. New Grammar Schoolhouse in Newton burnt to ground; two incendiaries seen fleeing the scene. The Catacombs of Paris, the entrance of which is near Lafayette's tomb. Newspaper, brittle, nearly separated pages. Fair. . Catalogs: Civil War/Newspapers.