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Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879 Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 185, whole no. 3849 (December 21, 1864)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.54.19 Author/Creator: Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879 Place Written: Houston, Texas Type: Newspaper Date: December 21, 1864 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 45.7 cm, Width: 29 cm Order a Copy

Message by Governor Brown of Georgia, Confederate Congress Proceedings, Attempt to Assassinate General Grant, Yankees Preparing Peace Propositions for South, Reports of a Late Washington Dispatch - Speakership of the 39th U.S. Congress, Resignations of Generals McClernand, Paine and Dow.

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