Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - FOUND BY US IN AN OLD SHIPPING TRUNK SENT FROM AMERICA TO LIVERPOOL IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY -[MEREDITH (Hinman, merchant born in Lincolnshire in 1795, who later emigrated to Boston in the USA, died 1854)].Family heirloom collection of 5 original Boston newspapers, comprising five duplicate copies of The Boston Daily Mail for March 15th 1854, each carrying a front page illustrated obituary for Hinman Meredith, most with manuscript ink notation 'about Father' above the banner. A total of five demi-broadsheet newspapers. 4pp per issue. Engraved woodcut portrait to each front page, and some very small engraved woodcut illustrations to text.Good only condition. Pale staining to two of the issues. Some wear and light fraying to edges. Folds. Light scattered handling marks / soiling. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.Five family copies of the same newspaper, carrying an obituary of the owner's father Hinman Meredith. a self-made Boston man. Sold as a curiosity.We found this collection of newspapers in an old American shipping trunk, which travelled with its owner from Boston to Liverpool in the late 19th century. key words:
Price: 80 GBP
Location: Ascot
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Binding: Unbound
Place of Publication: Boston
Non-Fiction Subject: Politics & Government
Language: English
Illustrator: MEREDITH (Hinman, 1795-1854).
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: North America
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Year Printed: 1872
Original/Facsimile: Original
