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| Keywords: FirstAmericanPrintrunOfThe MansionOfHappiness.jpg en This Ives Printrun is the first edition printrun based on two important reasons 1 The Krim Collection had the exact same printrun which had a message written in the upper left corner of the game Merry Christmas 1843 listing the person giving the gift and the person receiving the gift and 2 this Ives' printrun is almost an exact color copy of the 1801 Mansion of Happiness published in England by Laurie Whittles in 1801 Original publication Published November 24 1843 as mentioned in The Salem Observer newspaper of that same date <br/> Immediate source I own this copy of the game board 1843-11-24 William and Stephen B Ives<br/> Life time William Ivews died at age 81 before December 18 1875 according to The Salem Observer of that date; Stephen B Ives died at the age of 83 before August 3 1883 aggording the The Salem Gazette of that date PD-old-100-1923 1843 engravings | ||||
