Odds are that the newspapers have already been microfilmed and you can look at the images on microfilm. I would contact the Phila Library and see if they have copies of the Public Ledger. The Times is on-line from 1785 here: http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/archive/ -- Alice -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Diane Caldwell" <power2000@pstel.net> > Hi List Member's > > I have a question about a newspaper clipping that I have found. > > In a box of things there was an envelope that contained two very old and > folded up newspaper pages. They are so fragile looking, I and my cousin are > afraid that if we try and open them up all the way, they might disintegrate. > However, we were able to carefully peek in the folds enough to see the > titles of the newspapers and dates: > > The Times, Wednesday October 3, 1798, price: six pence (guess this is from > England?) > > Philadelphia, Public Ledger, Volume 1, number 1, Friday Morning March 25, > 1836, price: one cent > > We have no idea what the significance of these newspapers is. > We are guessing there is something printed in each of them that relates to > our family, but the only way we're going to know is if we can somehow open > them up and read them without destroying them. Does anybody know of a safe > way to try to do this, or does anybody know of an organization we might be > able to take them to that would know how to unfold them and not destroy > them? > > Thanks in advance for any and all help that can be given. > > God bless > Diane power2000@pstel.net > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PENNSYLVANIA > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PENNSYLVANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message