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Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879 Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 205, whole no. (February 8, 1865)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.54.30 Author/Creator: Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879 Place Written: Houston, Texas Type: Newspaper Date: 8 February 1865 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 45.7 cm, Width: 29 cm Order a Copy

Mexico offering friendship & hospitality to Confederate officers, Rebels blew up Fort Cartswell, Sherman is to partition Sea Islands abandoned by the rebels to the negroes.

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