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SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN REPORTS ON CAPUTED SLAVE VESSEL IN 1860

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 200.00 USD
SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN REPORTS ON CAPUTED SLAVE VESSEL IN 1860
A copy of the Springfield Republican, Springfield, Mass., Nov. 1, 1860, 8pp. folio, which reports among other things, "...Another slaver captured: Steamer Star of the West, from Havana, reports that a slaver vessel with four hundred negroes had been brought into Havana by a Spanish war vessel". Tear on front page, tape repair at central fold, somewhat fragile, good. Balance of content mostly advertisements and local New England news. Sold with an 1806 copy of The New York Evening Post, miscellaneous content, mostly ads. All folds split with a few archival tears thereon, otherwise very good. Two pieces.

Estimate: $150 - 200.

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