September 22, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/22/2011
Newspaper Grouping, Nine issues of "The World," New York, disbound, each eight page, occasional roughness at spine, papers are crisp, VG. The New York World was a newspaper published in New York City from 1860 until 1931 and was the leading national voice of the Democratic Party. The description here include only the very obvious front page reports, and includes; 11/12] Resignation of McClellan, Jeff Davis Peace Sentiments, Depredations of Guerillas (reports on Mosby); ....plus, [11/14] The Privateers of Florida, Reluctance to Accept Gen. McClellan' Resignation; ...plus, [11/15] Gen Sherman Going to Savannah, The Florida Scrape; ...plus, [11/16] Peace Rumors Still Afloat, Guerrillas Across the Potomac, The St. Albans VT. Raiders; ...plus, [11/17] Movement of Gen. Hood's Army, The Pirate Chickamauga; ...plus, [11/18] Pennsylvania Preparing for Invasion, The Sherman Mystery, Rebel Dash on Atlanta; ...plus, [11/21] The Great Cathedral (the dedication of Cathedral of Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, with entire front page articles on cathedrals of the world); ...plus, [11/22] Petersburg Said to Evacuated, Daring Rebel Attack on our Picket Lines; ...plus, [11/23] Prison Life in Dixie - Narrative of a Union Scout Escaped from Andersonville, Prisoners Killed for Fun, The Andersonville Stockade; ... plus, [11/30] Assault of our Works at Columbia Tenn., Daring Rebel Raid on Baltimore and Ohio RR.
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