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The Chugg Water Journal [Vol. 1, no. 3 (October 30, 1849)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05067.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: Fort Laramie, Wyoming Type: Manuscript document Date: 30 October 1849 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 41.5 cm, Width: 27 cm Order a Copy

Handwritten third issue of the self-described "largest paper printed at Fort Laramie." Comments on submitted, and in most cases, rejected, articles. Discusses the problems of their "Polemical Editor." Contains a letter pertaining to agriculture and precious metals, another on poetry, and a note on hunting. Reports on a fire at the juvenile infirmary. Written at Fort Laramie

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