Morse, N.S., fl. 1862-1864 Daily chronicle & sentinel.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.07 Author/Creator: Morse, N.S., fl. 1862-1864 Place Written: Augusta, Georgia Type: Header Record Date: 1862 - 1864 Pagination: 8 issues : 4 p. ; 58 x 40.5 cm. Order a Copy
Each issue contains telegraphic reports and Northern news, mostly covering battle reports and war news. Commercial reports indicate stock values in Augusta markets, including financial, cotton, dry goods, grain, groceries, country produce, and sale of enslaved people. Special notices in each issue list religious services, legislative and election news (including intentions of running for elected office), meeting notices, requests for blankets for soldiers, and conscription notices. Auction notices list a variety of things for sale in each issue. Most issues have four pages; one has two extant pages. The 23 (Vol. 25 no. 277; vol. 27 nos. 226, 309, 355 and 361; vol. 28 nos. 19, 25 and 193. 1861/12/1; 1863/9/22, 1863/11/10, 1863/12/6, 1863/12/10; 1864/1/13, 1864/1/16 and 1864/7/30.)
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