Four (4)complete issues of the Independent Democrat, printed in Concord, NH, a weeklynewspaper that billed itself as \"A journal of Politics, Literature,Agriculture, and News\". All are folded as stored by the Rev. S. Ketchum,whose name appears on the banner. While these 150-year-old+ newspapers may havesmall voids at the intersection of folds, and perhaps a tear or some age spots,they unfurl into four large-format pages each measuring 22 x 28 inches, printed on supple, sturdy paper that is a pleasure to hold, and read!
The fourissues span the Christmas/New Year season of 1868-69:
January7th, 1869
Articlesinclude: \"Miseries of a Christmas Birthday\", \"WashingtonCorrespondence\", \"The New Year\", \"IndependentDemocrat\", \"Grant and the Carpetbaggers\", \"Courting in aRailway Car\", and many more, plus sections on legislation in Washington,NH state and local news, agriculture notes (\"The currant\",\"Medial Properties of celery\", \"Natural hedge\", etc.), andinteresting ads, some illustrated: $16 Waltham\'s pocket watches, 25 centbottles, Peerless stoves, steam printing, 1869 almanacs for sale, Adam\'s ale, etc.,etc., etc.
December24th, 1868
Articlesinclude: \"Report of the Navy\", \"God\'s Detective\",\"Breaking Criminals on the Wheel\", \"RepublicanConventions\", \"Swiss Inundations\", \"Civil Service\",and many more, plus sections on legislation in Washington, NH state and localnews, agriculture notes (\"Don\'t Waste Winter Food\", \"Exodus ofhoneybees\", etc.), and interesting ads, some illustrated: Hartshorn\'sBitters, $16 Waltham\'s pocket watches, RR loans and bonds, steam printing,Speer\'s Sambuchi, Catawa port grapes, etc., etc., etc.
December31st, 1868
Articlesinclude: \"The Quaker and the Robber\", \"Forefather\'s Day in NewYork\", \"Republican Conventions\", \"Hurrah for Grant!\",\"Official Laws of the United States\", and many more, plus sections onlegislation in Washington, NH state and local news, agriculture notes(\"Medicating Animals\", \"Puritans Champions of Liberty\",etc.), and interesting ads, some illustrated: Ayer\'s cathartic pills, 25 menwanted, Patent Hammer\'d horse and ox shoes, initial stationery, 1 box in tencontains a dollar promo, steam printing, etc., etc., etc.
January14th, 1869
Articlesinclude: \"The Night After Christmas\", \"Origin of theMustache\", \"A Classic Toilet\", \"Republican StateConvention\", \"The State Conventions\", and many more, plussections on legislation in Washington, NH state and local news, agriculturenotes (\"Winter Food for Poultry\", \"Virtues of Borax\",\"Making a Barnyard\", etc.), and interesting ads, some illustrated:Winslow\'s Soothing Soup for teething babies, bankruptcy, Rubbers Repaired(shoes), 25 men wanted, steam printing, etc., etc., etc.
Condition: Good to very good, all four copies have some minor flaws, which may include spots, browning along folds, small voids at fold intersection, short tears, wrinkling.
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