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Prentice, George Dennison, 1802-1870 Louisville (Kentucky) daily journal.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.14 Author/Creator: Prentice, George Dennison, 1802-1870 Place Written: Louisville, Kentucky Type: Newspaper Date: July - December 1863 Pagination: 33 issues : 4 p. : Height: 68 cm, Width: 50.5 cm Order a Copy

The bulk of the paper is taken up by ads, many for military supplies, railway lines, schools, and others for medical needs and retail supplies. Telegraphic news lists special dispatches of war news. A back page statement of assets lists stocks and liabilities, with licensed agents. Many issues contain a list of local police proceedings. Fictional stories are also included, particularly in the Sunday issue, when there are fewer advertisements. Some issues contain marriage notices and obituaries, and some list river notices. Some Sunday papers have a Masonic Intelligence column. The 12 and 21 September 1863 issues contain fugitive slave ads.

Most issues previously bound. Contains many issues from July-Dec. 1863. Many with Tennessee Historical Society stamp (deaccessioned).

Vol. 33 nos. 248-49, 261-63, 266, 289-90, 292-96, 303-04, 310, 314-15, 320, 327-330, 332, 347, 364, 366-67; Vol. 34 nos. 1, 3, 5, 10, 19

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