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Holden, William Woods, 1818-1892 Semi-weekly standard.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.23 Author/Creator: Holden, William Woods, 1818-1892 Place Written: Raleigh, North Carolina Type: Newspaper Date: 1861-1864 Pagination: 14 issues : 4 p. : Height: 63.5 cm, Width: 46.5 cm Order a Copy

This selection focuses on congressional reports and state records and minutes, with repetitive lists of state governors, and political parties. Articles, editorials, and letters focus on the impending issue of secession and legislative action. Advertisements include a large number of business ads, including professional services and retail goods, and as secession and impending war progress, focus turns to war.

Other versions include the North Carolina Standard, North Carolina Standard Weekly, Weekly North Carolina Standard, Weekly Standard, Semi-Weekly North Carolina Standard, Weekly, Standard, Tri-weekly Standard, Daily North Carolina Standard, and Daily Standard. (1861/3/2, 1861/3/16, 1861/3/20, 1861/4/3, 1861/5/1, 1861/5/4, 1861/10/2, 1861/10/5, 1861/10/26; 1862/12/19, 1862/12/23; 1863/2/17; 1864/4/20, 1862/8/19.) 1862/10/26 contains a fugitive slave ad on the back page. 1863/2/17 has one on the front page.

Holden, William Woods, 1818-1892
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Civil War
Military History
Confederate States of America
The American Civil War

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