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NEWPORT DAILY NEWS": Our Country and Its Free Institutions Forever, Vol. II, No. 101, March 2, 1847

by Jackson, Orin F., publisher

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  • Bookseller: R & A Petrilla, Booksellers US (US)
  • Seller Inventory #: BOOKS013432I
  • Format: Self-wraps
  • Book condition: Very Good
  • Quantity available: 1
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Publisher: Orin F. Jackson
  • Place: Newport, R.I.
  • Date published: 1847

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Newport, R.I.: Orin F. Jackson, 1847. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. Some scattered foxing. 4 pages; few woodcuts in text. Complete issue. Notices, ads, and a serial story ("The "Palatine: The Phantom-ship of Block Island) occupy page one. On page two, we learn that a Newport Town Meeting addressed the topic of relief for the suffering of Ireland and Scotland, while Gen. Tom Thumb recently earned $75,000 in England. The naval committee of Congress made available the U.S. frigate Macedonian to transport contributions for the relief of Ireland, while a 445-pound 20-year-old woman with a 72-inch bust is on exhibit in England, and a Rev. J. Doblin of Hull, England launched an Anti-Stay and Corset Society to protect females from the effects of tight lacing. A multitude of classified ads and notices for goods, services, and curatives occupy pages three and four. 14" x 11".



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