STAMFORD MIRROR STAMFORD New York February 9 1875 Simon Bolivar Champion Editor order In Antique Wood Frame 14 1/2" x 21 3/4" Delaware County N.Y.

ANTIQUE NEWSPAPER "STAMFORD MIRROR" FEBRUARY 9, 1875..SIMON BOLIVAR CHAMPION EDITOR..THE PAPER IS IN AN ANTIQUE WOOD FRAME 21 3/4" X 14 1/2" COVERED IN GLASS. THE FINISH ON THE FRAME IS DARK AND HAS WEAR IN PLACES, THE PAPER WAS FOLDED AND HAS DARKENED IN PLACES. THE PAPER WAS IN ANOTHER FRAME FOLDED AND THE FRAME WAS COMING APART, IT HAS BEEN REFRAMED IN A DIFFERENT ANTIQUE FRAME. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A order REASON SOMEONE SAVED THIS PAPER. THE WOOD AND GLASS HAVE BEEN CLEANED, THE PAPER IS ON A WHITE BACKING, NEW DUST COVER AND WIRE HANGER. SIMON BOLIVAR CHAMPION WAS THE FOUNDER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OF THE BLOOMVILLE MIRROR AND THE STAMFORD MIRROR. IN 1901 HE WAS SAID TO BE THE OLDEST NEWSPAPERMAN IN NEW YORK STATE. THE PAPER MOVED FROM BLOOMVILLE NEW YORK TO STAMFORD NEW YORK IN 1870..THIS WOULD MAKE A GREAT GIFT FOR SOMEONE LIVING, BORN, RAISED IN THE AREA.