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Title: Aris Birmingham Gazette :.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Aris's Birmingham Gazette, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - On board a ship, an Arabian pony and a tiger cub get loose during a storm. The horse supposedly killed two men. The tiger cub stayed on the jib-boom until someone was brave enough to fetch him.
Date Issued: 1771-09-16
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210179_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Aris Birmingham Gazette :.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Aris's Birmingham Gazette, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: Tower of London- A lion from Senegal has arrived at the Tower of London. Description of the animal's capture.
Date Issued: 1775-04-10
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210181_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Aris Birmingham Gazette :: SEE AND BELIEVE..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Aris's Birmingham Gazette, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - A zebra is on display at the Old Cross. This zebra has been exhibited to many persons of nobility.
Date Issued: 1772-05-18
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210180_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Bell's Weekly Messenger: CAMBERWELL FAIR..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Bell's Weekly Messenger, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: Camberwell Fair- Surrey Magistrates attempt to cancel the fair, but the Lord of the Manor intervenes, reasoning that there will be more mischief without a fair than with one. Description of the event, including performers such as the Irish Giant, the Polish Dwarf, a ventriloquist, etc. Menagerie.
Date Issued: 1806-08-24
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210183_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Bell's Weekly Messenger: QUADRUPEDS..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Bell's Weekly Messenger, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - A shipment of animals arrives at the London Docks. A lion and tigress, birds from the Rio Plata, and curiosities, such as a dog with two noses.
Date Issued: 1806-05-12
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210182_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Caledonian Mercury: CORRPS NEW PANTHEON.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Caledonian Mercury, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Circus ad - pantheon. Equestrian acts, ballet, clowns, etc.
Date Issued: 1817-02-08
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210190_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Caledonian Mercury: PANTHEON..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Caledonian Mercury, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Circus ad - pantheon. Balloon flight. Equestrian acts, acrobats, melodrama, etc.
Date Issued: 1819-02-06
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210194_3
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Courier (London, England) :.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Courier (London, England), Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: Royal Menagerie- Visitors to Exeter Change have the opportunity to hold lion cubs, recently born there.
Date Issued: 1819-05-02
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210201_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Courier (London, England) :.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Courier (London, England), Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: Tower of London- A tapir (referred to here also as a hippo) has been sent to the Tower of London, a gift to the King from Brig. Gen. Bonham. (King also marked in this paper a story called "The Sights I Have Seen," regarding European political history.)
Date Issued: 1811-10-15
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210196_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Courier (London, England) :: FIGHT BETWEEN TWO TIGERS AND A LION IN THE TOWER..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Courier (London, England), Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: Tower of London- Two lions and a tiger are badly injured in a fight, when a keeper accidentally lifts the partition separating the lions from the tiger.
Date Issued: 1830-12-04
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210202_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Courier (London, England) :: MR. SADLER'S ASCENSION FROM NEWCASTLE..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Courier (London, England), Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Description of balloon flight by Sadler. Near mishap due to violent wind.
Date Issued: 1815-09-09
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210200_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Garnerin's balloon flight frightens horses pulling a curricle. They crash the vehicle into a tree, killing the driver.
Date Issued: 1802-07-03
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210220_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: Olympic Circus- Review of New Olympic Circus. Praise for both the venue and the performance.
Date Issued: 1803-11-26
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210223_2
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Successful non-manned balloon flight by Vincenzo Lunardi. Flew for one hour and fell into the sea.
Date Issued: 1785-12-21
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210218_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - A bear escapes its stable and terrorizes a miller in the forest.
Date Issued: 1787-09-01
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210219_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Admiral Ranier brings a tame tiger to England.
Date Issued: 1805-11-02
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210227_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - An account of the visit of Bennelong, a chief from Botany Bay, to Britain. He is not looked upon favorably.
Date Issued: 1805-11-02
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210227_2
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Lunardi's balloon is on display at the Register Office.
Date Issued: 1785-12-17
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210217_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - In the past, a bear had been kept as a waiter in an inn in Leicestershire. Guests were prone to give him ale, and his drunken behavior caused the master to get rid of him.
Date Issued: 1787-09-01
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210219_2
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - While in Berlin, an animal fight is staged by Frederick I for the Duke of Marlborough. It involved a trooper's horse, a bull, a lion, a tiger, a bear, and a wolf. Description of the fight.
Date Issued: 1787-09-01
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210219_3
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - A pair of mouse deer (Chevrotains) from India are presented to the king by Maj. Gen. Sir Evan Baillie.
Date Issued: 1810-07-26
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210228_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Mohawk chief Norton (Teyoninhokarawen), who previously visited England in 1804, has visited again. He has translated the Bible into Mohawk.
Date Issued: 1812-12-21
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210230_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Arguments against continued attempts at balloon flight, seen as a con. Descriptions of balloon mishaps, including one by Lunardi.
Date Issued: 1785-09-03
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210216_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - The Chevalier de Moret constructs a balloon poorly and of the wrong materials, and it goes up in flames, never leaving the ground.
Date Issued: 1784-08-16
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210212_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Jean-Pierre Blanchard launches a balloon from Lochee's Military Academy in Little Chelsea. The gardens in the town take great damage as crowds trample them watching the flight.
Date Issued: 1784-10-20
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210214_2
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Description of previous attempts at balloon flight by Jean-Pierre Blanchard.
Date Issued: 1784-10-25
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210215_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Balloon craze set off by Lunardi's success.
Date Issued: 1784-09-25
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210213_2
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - A new form of taffeta has been fabricated that, when used with gum elastic, appears to be excellent for the construction of balloons.
Date Issued: 1784-10-20
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210214_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - A pair of elephants imported from Calcutta arrives at port. Separated during transit, upon being reunited the elephants show great joy.
Date Issued: 1834-07-24
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210233_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant: AERIAL EXCURSION..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Details about the display of Lunardi's balloon at the Register Office.
Date Issued: 1785-12-17
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210217_2
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant: AERIAL EXCURSION..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Description of a balloon flight by Vincenzo Lunardi. Claimed to fly four miles high.
Date Issued: 1784-09-25
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210213_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant: AEROSTATION..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Full column history of previous attempts at balloon flight since Montgolfier.
Date Issued: 1784-10-25
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210215_2
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant: EDINBURGH FIRE BALLOON..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - J. Tytler plans to take a balloon up with as much fuel as it can carry, and not to descend until the fuel is expended.
Date Issued: 1784-09-25
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210213_3
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant: Extract of a letter from Naples, Feb. 19..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - 1/2 column description of a balloon flight, undertaken for the King of Sweden. Includes description of materials.
Date Issued: 1784-04-03
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210210_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant: FIRE AT THE ROYAL CIRCUS..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: Royal Circus- The Royal Circus burns to the ground, without sufficient insurance. Philip Astley offers his amphitheatre for use. Two coffeehouses also burn, their proprietors losing everything.
Date Issued: 1805-08-17
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210226_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant: GARNERIN's AERIAL VOYAGE FROM RANELAGH..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Long article about Garnerin's successful balloon flight from Ranelagh Gardens to Colchester.
Date Issued: 1802-07-03
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210220_2
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant: Last Week. | INDIAN JUGGLERS..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Ad for juggling performance.
Date Issued: 1815-02-04
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210232_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant: NEW OLYMPIC CIRCUS..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: Olympic Circus- Acts at Olympic Circus. Equestrian acts, acrobats, etc.
Date Issued: 1803-11-26
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210223_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant: Olympic Circus, COLLEGE STREET..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: Olympic Circus- Acts at Olympic Circus. acrobats, pantomime, etc.
Date Issued: 1805-03-09
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210225_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant: PARISIAN INTELLIGENCE..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - 1/2 column description of a balloon flight, undertaken by the Duc de Chartres. Near mishap due to cloud cover and wind.
Date Issued: 1784-08-04
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210211_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Edinburgh Evening Courant: THE GRAND CASSOWAR.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Courant, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - A cassowary is on display opposite Theatre-Royal, and is available for private showings.
Date Issued: 1780-07-15
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210209_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Evening Mail :: ANECDOTES OF M. GARNERIN.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Mail, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Biographical details of aeronaut Andre-Jacques Garnerin.
Date Issued: 1802-06-30, 1802-07-02
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210235_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Evening Mail :: GARNERIN's AERIAL VOYAGE FROM RANELAGH..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Mail, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Long article about Garnerin's successful balloon flight from Ranelagh Gardens to Colchester.
Date Issued: 1802-06-28, 1802-06-30
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210234_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Evening Mail :: MR. BARRETT's BALLOON..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Edinburgh Evening Mail, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - A nearly-failed balloon flight by Frank Barrett. It took more than 5 hours to inflate the balloon, during which time the crowd grew riotous.
Date Issued: 1802-08-13, 1802-08-16
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210237_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Jackson's Oxford Journal :.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Jackson's Oxford Journal, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - A fire breaks out at Cox's Museum in Charing Cross. The exhibit on display was Windsor Castle and Mount Vesuvius cut out of cork.
Date Issued: 1785-04-09
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210285_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Jackson's Oxford Journal :.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Jackson's Oxford Journal, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - The Royal Gardens receive a gift of animals from the Appalachian Mountains. A mouse deer, a dog, a snake, a tortoise, an opossum, and more.
Date Issued: 1787-06-09
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210286_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Jackson's Oxford Journal :.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Jackson's Oxford Journal, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Sir John Macpherson has gifted to the king an animal called a "sia gosh" (sic). The second in Great Britain
Date Issued: 1788-08-30
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210287_1
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Jackson's Oxford Journal :.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Jackson's Oxford Journal, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Bartholomew Fair begins next week. It is looked upon poorly, but is continued for the sake of tradition.
Date Issued: 1788-08-30
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210287_2
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Jackson's Oxford Journal :: Extraordinary Instance of Maternal Affection in a savage Animal,.
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Jackson's Oxford Journal, Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - A polar bear and her cubs are killed by a frigate locked in ice. They are lured in by food, which the mother gives mostly to the cubs, who are killed first. Upon their death, she turns to attack the sailors, who then kill her.
Date Issued: 1785-04-09
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210285_2
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper :: A MAN WORRIED BY A LEOPARD..
Creator: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Times (London, England), Tibbals, Howard
Abstract/Description: - Menagerie keeper Matthew Ferguson is mauled to death by leopards, apparently while attempting to teach them tricks. More detailed than Times article.
Date Issued: 1844-02-18
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_ARCH_HT4210151_2
Format: Document (PDF)

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