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> By the way, I mentioned that I bought
> "The Times" of London, from Dec.
> 10, 1839 at the collectors' fair....

> Here's what it looks like (click to see a
> bigger picture - I couldn't get the full
> width of the paper on the scanner)....

> Back then, it seems, all the classifieds
> went on the outside of the paper (front and
> back cover), with the news on the inside!

> Here's a "taste" of what
> "info-product" classifieds looked
> like 163 years ago! (Click to see a bigger
> picture....)

> I thought some here might find that
> "glimpse of the past" interesting!

> There were plenty more "book
> classifieds" there too - I just
> selected a small range of them.... It seems
> that "info-products" were probably
> a winner then as they are now!

> Hmmm.... So, was Texas ever recognized as an
> "Independent Power" by Great
> Britain? (This probably refers to the Texas
> "Declaration of Independence" of
> 1836. Texas was later incorporated into the
> United States in 1844....)

> An interesting slice of history.... :)

> - Dien