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[CIVIL WAR] Unusual proof of the April 2nd, 1865 Sunday Times announcement reporting Union Victory.

Catalogue: Selections from the Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
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[CIVIL WAR] Unusual proof of the April 2nd, 1865 Sunday Times announcement reporting Union Victory.

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Lot 30
[CIVIL WAR] Unusual proof of the April 2nd, 1865 Sunday Times announcement reporting Union Victory.
Philadelphia: Sunday Times, 2 April, 1865. A single-sheet broadside proof on thin paper, the announcement with masthead and text in a single column reading: Sunday Times/Eleven O'Clock, A.M./Philadelphia, April 2, 1865/Latest/Victory!/Official Gazette/Grant Victorious at All Points/Sheridan captures three brigades" followed by two paragraphs of dispatches by General Dix and General Grant, the whole signed in print by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. The proof sheet mounted to a modern sheet and housed in a fine green morocco backed slipcase. 8 1/4 x 5 inches (21 x 13 cm). Printed uncentered on sheet, with showthrough around the text of adhesive to lower sheet.

This broadside proof, offering the exciting Union victories as of April 2nd, is apparently unrecorded. The events of April 2nd paved the way for the full surrender of the Confederate Army, which took place on April 9th.


C Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman

Estimate: $400 - $600
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Selections from the Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman

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