An Account of the Newspapers and other Periodicals Published in Salem, from 1768 to 1856. From the Proceedings of the Essex Institute

Salem: Wm. Ives and Geo. W. Pease Printers, 1856. 8vo. 223 x 145 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches). 33 pp. Stitched with new sewing; lightly soiled, with lower corner of two leaves missing, otherwise a good copy. A register of 50 newspaper and periodicals printed in Salem, with extensive historical annotations as to the publishing history and dates of each run. Gilbert Streeter was an amateur historian, businessman, publisher of the Salem Observer. A good biographical description of his life and work can be found in the Phillips Library at the Essex Institute. Sabin 92784. http://phillipslibrarycollections.pem.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15928coll1/id/2387. (Inventory (truncated) #: 326)