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Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879 The Tri-weekly telegraph.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.51 Author/Creator: Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879 Place Written: Houston, Texas Type: Header Record Date: 1861-1864 Pagination: 113 issues : Height: 47.7 cm, Width: 33 cm Order a Copy

Issues contain state legislative minutes and lists of representatives and committees with election returns, Texas news items, occasional death and marriage notices, and an occasional poem. Commercial reports may include prices in produce, cotton, and merchandise. Occasional advertisements.

Many issues previously bound. Most issues have two pages; some have four.

Fugitive slave ads.

Vol. 28, no. 156 (March 16, 1863) on necessity paper
Vol. 29, no. 83 (September 30, 1863) on necessity paper
Vol. 29, no. 84 (October 2, 1863) on necessity paper
Vol. 29, no. 97 (November 3, 1863) on necessity paper

Cushing, Edward Hopkins, 1829-1879

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