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Cushing, Edward H. (1829-1879) The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 106, whole no. 1403 (November 27, 1861)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.51.004 Author/Creator: Cushing, Edward H. (1829-1879) Place Written: Houston, Texas Type: Newspaper Date: 27 November 1861 Pagination: 2 p. ; 47.7 x 33 cm. Order a Copy

More information from Slidell and Mason, Davis's presidential message to the Confederate Congress, a list and explanation of Texas's finances, news from Mexico, report of the hanging of a Negro boy after murdering a baby and beating the plantation owner's wife, report of the Navy.

Cushing, Edward Hopkins, 1829-1879

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