The London Times, June 22nd, 1815

   During June 1815 combined nation forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington of England engaged and defeated the forces of Napoleon Bonaparte of France in what is known today as the Battle of Waterloo.  The Duke of Wellington dispatched his couriers to the coast where they crossed the English Channel and delivered the report of Bonaparte's defeat to Downing Street. Immediately thereafter these dispatches were released to The London Times... the edition offered here. This is an extremely rare find !

   The London Times of June 22nd, 1815 was a four-page publication filled with information about the war and routine classified ads.  The outer pages - one and four - are filled with classified advertisements (some of which will be shared below) while pages two and three (and a partial column on page four) are the reprinting of the Duke of Wellington's dispatches.  All four pages are a snapshot of English life as it happened on that historic day in June 1815.

   As you might expect this is a very fragile document, newspapers of that era were never expected to be in existence 193 years after their initial publication.  This edition of The London Times has been de-acidified and encapsulated within a Mylar™ envelope for its continued protection. The protective Mylar™envelope is sandwiched between a double layer of conservation and museum-grade matboards which, in turn, have been sandwiched between two layers of Tru Vue Conservation Clear glass.  This completed package is framed with Larson-Juhl, Craig Ponzio Collection, "Prado" gold and black moulding.  Pages one and four are displayed on the front and pages two and three are visible from the back. 

   Please except our apologies for the quality of the images shown below, the florescent lightning in the gallery tends to add a blue cast to the images. If you are considering the purchase of this item, please let me know and I will arrange for a retake by one of our photographic artists at his studio.  The coloration of the paper is brownish (from age) and the print is a very readable black.  The matboards surrounding the Mylar envelope are Off White (outer) and grey/sable (inner). The edge of the frame is black and the inner scoop is gold flake. The glass is 98% UV-filtering and has an 8% reflection factor... the inner Mylar envelope is more reflective, but this doesn't interfere with the viewing or reading of the newspaper. 

   Here is a small sampling from pages one and four:

SNUFF-BOX MAKERS WANTED.-- two
or three first-rate HANDS, as SNUFF-BOX
MAKERS, in Gold and Silver. -- Apply to Hockley
and Bosworth, Brook Street, Holborn

PARTNERSHIP.-- Wanted in an esta-
blished Concern of the first respectability
in the City (in consequence of the death of the late
Partner), a person who can take an active part, and
can command at least ₤13,000.-- Apply, by letter,
to "B.M.," at the Jerusalem Coffee House, Cooper's-
Court, Cornhill. None but principles or their agents
will be attended to.

WANT PLACES -- All letters to be post
paid

A YOUNG WOMAN OF of Respectable
Connections, to attend upon an elderly lady or
young ladies. Understands plain dressmaking
getting up fine linen, and can have a good character
from the lady she has just left. No objection to travel.
--- Direct to A. B. 35,Trinity-square

As good PLAIN COOK, where a Foot-
man is kept. A steady, active Young Woman
to a Single Gentleman, in town or country,
understands the dairy, and can have a good recommen-
dation from her last place. Direct S. R., 22, Marshall-
street, City.

   And, here is a sampling from the dispatches of the Duke of Wellington:

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE
_____________________________

Hamburg June 13,

Yesterday our first contingent of troops,
consisting of a battalion of infantry and a squa-
dron of cavalry, set out for the Netherlands
to join the army under the Duke of Wellington.
 The Lubec contingent, destined also for the
army of Wellington arrived to-day at Hamburg,
where it was received with Hanseatic frater-
nity.

The following letter from Bremen of the 8th
instant communicates further information as
to the march of the Hanseatic troops.

"On the 14th instant, our contingency will
break up from hence for the army. On the
15th the first division of the Hamburghers
will enter, on the 18th the Lubeckers and on
the 19th the second division of the Hamburg
contingency. Their route is by Wildeshausen
Linum, &c., for Antwerp."

Field Marshal Barclay de Tolly, with some
thousands of Russian troops, attended the fu-
neral of Marshal Berthier at Hamburg.

The public are anxious here lest too much
time be given to the common enemy.

Price... $495