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Lot 297
Seven Far Western Newspapers and Various 19th and 20th Century Publications
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The Western papers, as follows: The Friend (Honolulu, November 1, 1862, with news of President Lincoln's forthcoming Emancipation Proclamation); Yreka Weekly Union (Yreka City, CA, March 1, 1871); Virginia Evening Chronicle (Virginia City, NV, December 4, 1874 and February 20, 1875); The Tuolumne Independent (Sonora, CA, April 21, 1888); Seward Daily Gateway (Seward, AK, May 4 and May 6, 1926); plus eighteen (18) specialty periodicals, to include: The Sunday Visitant, The Carpetbag, The Morning Star, The National Police Gazette, The Boys of New York, The Daily Graphic, American Boy, The Illustrated Christian Weekly.

Six folio, tallest 24 in.; the Hawaiian paper, quarto, 12 in.

A private New York collection

Fair to good, with expected creases and edge chips.