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[MEXICAN WAR]. 200+ New Orleans newspapers, incl. Daily Picayune issues with Mexican War coverage.
Sale 1136 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
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Mar 27, 2023
Lots Close
Apr 4, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$300 - 400
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Lot Description
[MEXICAN WAR]. 200+ New Orleans newspapers, incl. Daily Picayune issues with Mexican War coverage.

The Daily Picayune. 87 issues (incomplete run). New Orleans, 1840-1852. 

84 issues: Vol. IV. 1840. No. 122. 1 issue. -- Vol. VII. 1843. 4 issues. -- Vol. IX. 1846. 1 issue. -- Vol. X, 1846. 32 issues. -- Vol. XI, 1847, 21 issues; 1 supplement issue. -- Vol. XIII. 1849. 2 issue. -- Vol. XIV, 1850, 8 issues. -- Vol. XVI, 1852. 3 issues. -- Vol. XXVI. 1862. 1 issue. 

[With:] The Daily Crescent/New Orleans Daily Crescent. 31 issues (incomplete run).  New Orleans, 1850-1858.

31 issues: Vol. III. 1850. 3 issues. -- Vol. IV. 1851. 5 issues. -- Vol. VI. 1854. 8 issues. -- Vol. IX. 1857. 1 issue. -- Vol. XI. 1858. 14 issues.

[With:] The Daily Delta/New Orleans Daily Delta. 43 issues (incomplete run). New Orleans, 1851-1862.

43 issues: Vol. VI. 1851. 7 issues. -- Vol. VII. 1852. 12 issues incl. supplements. -- Vol. IX. 1854. 2 issues. -- Vol. X. 1855. 11 issues. -- Vol. XIII. 1857-1858. 4 issues. -- Vol. XIV. 1859. 6 issues. -- Vol. XVII. 1862. 1 issue. 

[With:] The Daily True Delta. 59 issues (incomplete run). New Orleans, 1859-1860. 

59 issues: Vol. XX-XXI. 1859. 13 issues. -- Vol. XXI-XXII. 1860. 46 issues.

[Also with:] The New Orleans Times. New Orleans, 21 March 1869. 

Together, over 200 issues of New Orleans newspapers. Condition varies, most appear to be complete issues, some missing leaves, toning, chipping, occasional tears. From the 1840s and 1850s with extensive coverage of the Mexican War and domestic affairs. Some issues include runaway slave advertisements and notices of enslaved individuals sold at auction. 
Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the “Historical Shop”
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