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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.01 Author/Creator: Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes Place Written: Milledgeville, Georgia Type: Header Record Date: 29 November 1861 - 6 December 1861 Pagination: 5 issues : 4 p. : Height: 49 cm, Width: 34.5 cm Order a Copy

The collection contains five 1861 issues with particular attention to war news and minutes of the Georgia Legislature. Many of the same articles appear reprinted in each issue, namely lists of the members of the various standing committees of the state House of Representatives, lists of elected senators and representatives, and instructions for the collection of war taxes, as well as gubernatorial proclamations and information on the Georgia Hospital of Richmond. Some individual and collective women's efforts are highlighted. (1861/11/29, 1861/12/1, 1861/12/3, 1861/12/5, 1861/12/6)

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