Sep 15, 2011 - Sale 2253

Sale 2253 - Lot 95

Price Realized: $ 540
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(CIVIL WAR--1863.) Providence Daily Journal. Approximately 155 issues, each 4 pages, 26 x 21 inches. Folio, cloth-backed boards, covers detached; moderate wear, lacking 30 March, 29 May, and 30 May as bound; library markings. Providence, RI, January to June 1863

Additional Details

Includes a 2 January printing of the Emancipation Proclamation, with local and overseas editorial comment; and coverage of the Battle of Chancellorsville. Also features coverage of the first known organized baseball games in Providence, on 3 June, 25 June, and 29 June.