American Historical Ephemera and Photography

Memphis Daily Eagle and Enquirer. Memphis, Tennessee. 23 February 1855. Newspaper includes advertisements for slave auctions and rewards for "Ranaway" freedom seekers. -- The Philadelphia Inquirer. 23 September 1862. 8p. Front page with discussion of the Battle of Sharpsburg and page 4 with content on Lincoln's issuance of The Emancipation Proclamation. -- Cummings' Evening Telegraphic Bulletin. Philadelphia, 14 May 1847. 4pp.

[With:] Le Petit Journal. Dimanche [Sunday] 7 Octobre 1906. Numero 829. Featuring color illustration of "Les (( Lynchages )) Aux Etats-Unis / Massacre de negres a Atlanta (Georgie)." Article in French on page 2.

[With:] Two pieces of sheet music: "Poor Old Slave." 6pp, 10"X13 1/2", words and melody by G W H Griffin, the celebrated tenor of Ordman's Aeolian Vocalists, published by G P Reed & Co, Boston, 1851. Front cover is black and white, with a line drawing of an old slave, seated in a long topcoat, with his head resting on top of his cane. -- "Ethiopian Melody As Sung by Christy's Minstrels." 6pp.

[Also with:] Two letters, one which references African Americans begging in the streets of Washington, D.C., 1882. -- Two issues of Scientific American: 1 February 1851 and 5 July 1856.

Together, 10 items.