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New York, NY: The New York Tribune, 1859. 40 x 56 cm. Small article: ""Our American Cousin"" Boston, Thursday, March 10, 1859. The petition of Miss Laura Keene, for an injunction to restrain the performance of ""Our American Cousin"" at the Boston Museum, was heard today before the Supreme Court. The respondent, the Hon, Moses Kimball, not being fully ready with his evidence, in denial of Miss Keene's exclusive ownership of the play, gave bonds in fifteen hundred dollars damages, if any should be decreed at a future hearing, and will continue to enact the piece. [Note: This is the play Pres. Lincoln attended six years later, at which he was assassinated.] Attempt to burn down Massachusetts State House causes evacuation. France and Austria preparing for war. Lord Cowley sent from London to Vienna on a mission of conciliation. Disraeli says that a conditional guaranty offer has been made to the Atlantic Telegraph Co. Newspaper, front page (all advertisements) is in tatters. Poor. Very poor. .… Read More

Waltham, MA: Josiah Hastings, 260 Main St, 1862. 40 x 57 cm. Editorial chides England for its continual celebration of the troubles of the United States, particularly now in the War. ""Send your demagogues from Secessia out of your cities with fleas in their ears. Pass your hand again to Jonathan in friendship, and wish him speed in crushing out the unruly, discontented people of his household..."" Letter about cotton raising in Southern Illinois, now that it's not available from the South. Letter about growing coffee in Illinois, ""which seems to be a semi-tropical state"". ""A Stage Coach Incident"" -- a young woman writes about a ride in a stage coach in Indiana, and an encounter with Tildy Trott, a large, troublesome woman, and her bandbox and carpet bags. Ads for Bininger's Old Dominion Wheat-Tonic and Bininger's Old London Dock Gin, the delicious tonic stimulant. Ad for Waltham and Boston Horse Cars. Coaches leave Waltham for Boston 15 times a day. Cars return from Bowdoin Square, Boston, for… Read More

Waltham, MA: Josiah Hastings, 260 Main St, 1867. 40 x 57 cm. "The Valley of the Amazon"" Dr. Agassiz predicts that the Amazon valley will one day support more people than the Mississippi valley. Is it best to feed cattle two or three times a day? Church attendance is suffering because of the high price of pews, and the heavy pew taxes. Death of Mrs. Ebenezer Hobbs in Waltham. Expense of keeping fowls in winter-- conducts experiment feeding oats, corn, barley and boiled potatoes. Should add crushed and broken bones, eggshells and crushed oyster shells, as this will greatly enhance egg formation. Newspaper, separated at seam into two sheets. Fair. . Catalogs: Civil War/Newspapers/History.

Waltham, MA: Josiah Hastings, 260 Main St, 1862. 40 x 57 cm. Detailed story about Saxonville, MA, about 11 miles west of Waltham and a part of Framingham; how Mr. M.H. Simpson , agent of the New England Worsted Company in Saxonville, had a million pounds of Buenos Ayres wool on his hands, unusable because it was full of burrs. With an associate, he developed a machine to separate the burrs from the wool, and developed a very prosperous business making army and Indian blankets, when other mills were starved for southern cotton. Letter to the Editor from Geo. H.F., a private in Co. D., 5th Regiment, New York Volunteers. He is one of several Waltham soldiers that were taken up in this New York Regiment. They are stationed at Camp Magan, near present-day Nanjemoy, MD, opposing the Rebels across the Potomac. He comments on the ""humbug"" of their officers, complains about the food (three days on Indian meal only) and the postal service, and reports that their commander is very deficient in a military… Read More

Waltham, MA: Josiah Hastings, 260 Main St, 1867. 40 x 57 cm. "In the Omnibus-A Sketch: A cross woman with a baby, and uncomfortable woman with a dog, an old gentleman with an ear trumpet, and a beaming young lady with an expansive crinoline… it's hot and crowded aboard the omnibus, when a little blind girl comes on. ""The Railroad Engineer"" --editor writes about riding with the Engineer on the train from Concord to Waltham. ""Annual Gathering of the Clark Family"" --Jonas Clark, Sen. was born March 14, 1777, and is now ninety years of age. Discussion on placement of the Soldiers' Monument on the Common. The Veteran Encampment of Waltham, a club for sociality and general improvement, recently formed, is in a prosperous state and rapidly increasing in numbers. Newspaper, separated at seam into two sheets. Fair. . Catalogs: Civil War/Newspapers/History.