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The Confederate states. [Decimalized]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06208 Author/Creator: Place Written: New Iberia, Louisiana Type: Header Record Date: 1861-1863 Pagination: 29 newspapers Order a Copy

6 necessity papers and 23 wallpaper newspapers. With military and political content, including discussion of the Emancipation Proclamation. Mostly in English, but several articles in French. See separate typed inventory.

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