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Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865 Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 18, (March 6, 1862)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.09.006 Author/Creator: Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865 Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Newspaper Date: 6 March 1862 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 55.8 cm, Width: 41 cm Order a Copy

Correspondence Between Governor Brown & General Toombs, A Call for Editors of Newspapers in the Confederate States. "The Monopoly and Extortion Bill," which is "An Act to present, during the existing War, Monopolies, Extortions and Speculation in Breadstuffs and Other Articles of General Use and Consumption, and to make such acts criminal and to provide penalties for the same." Includes advertisements for grocers, clothing. Recruitment notices for soldiers. Includes Tennessee Historical Society stamp. Poetry section on last page.

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