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New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no.199 (October 24, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. Only 2 pages of usual 8 page issue. Contains a column of military notices on front page. Secondhand report of the death of General Benjamin McCulloch (which was false, he died on 7 March 1862). Update on situation in...

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New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 260 (January 3, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. In response to an article in the "Chicago Tribune," front page has an article mockingly titled "New Orleans Ruined!-Cotton Doomed!" that says the city's markets will survive if New Yorkers eliminate tolls on Erie Canal...

GLC05960.02.02

New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 261 (January 4, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. Only has first 2 pages of a usual full 8 page issue. Front page article titled "No Compromise," rejects the compromise efforts of Henry Winter Davis in Washington. Article titled "The State Conventions," gives updates on...

GLC05960.02.03

New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 305 (February 25, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. Article on University of Louisiana. Description of the New Orleans celebration of George Washington's birthday takes up three quarters of the front page. Describes an "Imposing Military Display." Short item on arrival...

GLC05960.02.06

New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no. 45 (April 25, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. Front page is filled with military notices and advertisements for men to volunteer for various units. Copy of Robert Anderson's dispatch to Secretary of War Simon Cameron after the fall of Fort Sumter. Telegraphed updates...

GLC05960.02.12