Oct 10, 2013 - Sale 2324

Sale 2324 - Lot 379

Price Realized: $ 250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(WHALING.) Miscellaneous newspapers, many or most with whaling content. 76 issues spanning 38 different titles; various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1780-1905

Additional Details

Most issues are from Connecticut, Massachusetts, upstate New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC, with a few from Rhode Island and Vermont, plus a 1780 New-Jersey Gazette and a 1848 issue of the English-language Neighbour from Valparaiso, Chile. Some include first printings of long articles on whaling, such as "Observations on the Whale-Fishery and Seal-Catching" in the Gazette of the United States of 27 November 1790. A rough inventory is available.