Farrar
Collection
of
Historical
Newspapers
"Reading old newspapers is both a profitable and an
entertaining occupation. . ."
- Louis B. Wright, William and Mary Quarterly, 1959.
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"Reading old newspapers is both a profitable and an
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PF 1063 Newspapers 1848-19141848 January Semi-Annual Pictorial Saturday Courier (Philadelphia) Zachary Taylor 1850 July 27 New York Weekly Tribune The Tragic Death of Margaret Fuller Dec. 28 American Courier (Philadelphia) “A Visit from St. Nicholas” * Uncut 1851 Apr. 7 Daily Journal Boston Fugitive Slave case / Jenny Lind gives money to church 1853 June 18 National Anti-Slavery Standard (NY) Parker Pillsbury’s speech Aug. 3 New York Daily Tribune Women’s Rights Convention / Crystal Palace in NY Sept. 6 New York Daily Tribune Abolition of Slavery / Annette Brown Sept. 7 New York Daily Tribune The Underground Railroad 1854 July 22 New York Daily Tribune Karl Marx article Aug. 19 Portland Transcript Thoreau’s “Walden” reviewed 1855 Jan. 8 New York Tribune “The Charge of the Light Brigade” 1857 Apr. 7 Vermont Watchman Minority opinion on the Dred Scott case 1858 Oct. 30 New York Tribune Last Lincoln-Douglas Debate 1860 No Date Harper’s Weekly Republican Presidential Candidates 1861 Apr. 19 New York Tribune Fall of Fort Sumter July 23 New York Herald The Battle of Bull Run July 30 New York Tribune War Maps / Large list of casualties Dec. 28 New York Caucasian The Slavery Question 1862 Feb. 24 New York Sun Fall of Fort Donelson 1863 June 14 Harper’s Weekly War scenes drawn by Winslow Homer May Christian Banner (Boston) The Sin of Treason July 6 New York Herald * Shown in two portfolio sheets – The Battle of Gettysburg – 3 maps (Map of Pennsylvania and one map for each day of battle) * Uncut July 8 New York Tribune The Fall of Vicksburg Sept. 4 Savannah Republican (Confederate Newspaper) Sept. 5 New York Herald Fighting around Chattanooga Nov. 20 Boston Daily Advertiser Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Dec. 5 Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly Gettysburg Ceremony Dec. 5 Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly Lookout Mountain Battle Dec. 25 Chattanooga Army Bulletin Vol. 1 #1 – “Not a Prisoner” 1864 July 26 New York Times The Battle of Atlanta Aug. 1 New York Herald The Battle of Petersburg * Uncut 1865 Apr. 13 Richmond Whig Lee Surrenders Apr. 18 Richmond Whig Lincoln Assassination 1868 Apr. 16 New York Tribune The Impeachment of Johnson May 22 Hempstead Inquirer Whittier’s “Barefoot Boy” May 29 Hempstead Inquirer Johnson’s Impeachment 1869 Dec. 2 New York Times Suez Canal Opens 1870 Sept. 4 Morning Star (Providence, RI) EXTRA – Franco-Prussian War 1871 Oct. 28 Chicago Tribune Chicago Fire 1872 Mar. 22 The Golden Age (NY) “Signs of the Times” * Uncut Apr. 20 Worcester Spy The Ku Klux Klan 1873 June 19 Springfield Republican Susan B. Anthony Trial 1876 July 12 The Weekly Sun (NY) Custer’s Defeat * Uncut 1877 July 27 Chicago Tribune Railroad Strike Violence 1883 May 25 Brooklyn Eagle Brooklyn Bridge Opens 1885 Feb. 9 Hartford Times Gordon’s Defeat in the Sudan July 24 Public Ledger (Philadelphia) Ulysses S. Grant dies 1888 Mar. 16 Connecticut Courant (Hartford) Blizzard of ‘88 1889 June 7 Williamsport Sun and Banner Johnstown Flood 1899 Mar. 2 New York Journal Dewy refuses Presidential Nomination 1901 Jan. 22 New York Journal Death of Queen Victoria Apr. 7 New York Journal Special Easter Issue – Full Color Sept. 14 Buffalo Times The Death of President McKinley Sept. 21 Sunday Globe (Utica, NY) McKinley’s Death – Full Color 1903 Dec. 19 Newark News Williamsburg Bridge Opens Dec. 31 Newark News Chicago Theater Fire 1904 Feb. 10 Newark News Japanese sink Russian Fleet 1906 Apr. 19 Berkley Record (CA) San Francisco Earthquake Apr. 19 Fresno Democrat (CA) San Francisco Earthquake 1913 Feb. 3 Newark News The Income Tax Bill Passes 1914 June 29 Schenectady Gazette Student shoots Archduke July 28 Newark News Austria declares War Aug. 12 San Diego Sun Germany rolls through Belgium
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