RARE 1861 Civil War Newspaper Newark NJ Daily Advertiser Baseball Bull Run Ads For Sale

HISTORICAL SUMMARY & LOGISTICS• Title: Newark Daily Advertiser• Date: Tuesday Evening, August 13, 1861 (Volume XXX / No. 190)• Location: Published in Newark, New Jersey, by Thomas T. Kinney• Format: Complete 4-Page Edition (One large folio sheet folded in half, printed on all sides)• Condition: Good to Very Good (G-VG). Printed on original, mid-19th-century Civil War paper stock. Shows expected, natural age-related browning (toning) and edge tears confined strictly to the outer borders. The text blocks and typographic columns remain flat, clean, and 100% readable everywhere. Full condition transparently shown in photographs.REAL HISTORICAL CONTENTThis complete primary source catches the Northern home front in a state of intense mobilization just three weeks after the catastrophic Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. The columns offer a phenomenal daily record of wartime logistics and local social history:• EARLY 1861 BASE BALL HISTORY: Features a rare, early text notice tracking a regional sports match played between the Essex and Gotham Base Ball Clubs, with a mention of an upcoming match against the historic Brooklyn Atlantics. Highly sought after for vintage early sports history archives!• BATTLE OF BULL RUN TENT THEFT: Records the local arrest of a rogue subject by U.S. District Attorney Keasbey, caught smuggling and trying to sell official Union army tents stolen directly from the Bull Run battlefield retreat.• GOVERNMENT TREASURY GOLD ARRIVAL: Includes the front-page telegraph column detailing the maritime arrival of the steamer Champion, carrying $941,000 in federal gold treasure dispatches to secure Union war finances.• RICHMOND CIVIL WAR NEWS Snippets: Features a detailed summary column tracking intelligence smuggled out of Virginia regarding the defenses, troop placements, and political maneuvers inside Richmond.• 1861 NEW JERSEY INDUSTRIAL ADS: Packed with dense business notices for early steam engines, sewing machines, regional railroad timetables, and cash bounties for volunteer military recruitment.
This is an original newspaper from 1861. Not a copy or reproduction.