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The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 45, whole no. 3698 (June 29, 1863)]

Letter defending abolition. Letter from P. Murrah, candidate for Texas governor. Yankees at Yazoo City. Ad for slave sales. Support for Honorable Peter W. Gray, candidate for Congress. Fund for Hood's brigade. General Pemberton.

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The Houston daily telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 154 (February 24, 1864)]

Rangers in east Tennessee. Planting cotton. Habeas corpus. Fugitive slave ads.

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Daily dispatch. [Vol. 26, no. 94 (April 20, 1864)]

Official dispatch from Jamor-General Forrest to General S. Cooper regarding the capture of Fort Pillow, Report of the capture of Fort Pillow.

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Opelousas courier. [Vol. 11, no. 42 (January 23, 1864)]

General Bragg Takes Command of the Trans-Mississippi Department in Place of E. Kirby Smith, Federal Gunboat "Queen of the West" Captured on the Red River, Federal Gunboats are now on the Mississippi at the Mouth of the Red River and Ready to Enter...

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to his mother

An officer named "Rob," writing to his mother. Says his most recent duty as "Brigade Field officer of the Day" kept him up all night. He was in charge of a long line of pickets and several scouting parties. Says "The troops in our part were negroes,...

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to Mary B. Van Valkenburgh

Written by Gerrit to his mother Mary. Says he loves and thinks often of his relatives in the North. Mentions that his brother Frank has already written about his release from the prison. Says the charges against him were false. Since he has been in...

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to James Myers

Discusses the artillery of the army and corrects a mistake regarding the placement of the dolphins for the guns. Also discusses placement of the "Arms of the United States" on artillery. Closes by saying that "Although peace has taken place" he still...

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Two-story white house with flagpole in front. [1861-1865 ca.]

Several people stand on the porch of a two story white house that shows sign of battle damage. A black man stands just in front of it, holding the reins of a horse. There is a flagpole in the center of the image and the United States flag is raised...

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The weekly junior register. [Vol. 2, no. 11 (March 12, 1863)]

Reactions to Lincoln's emancipation proclamation. Article on the controversy over the new militia: "Now that New Orleans is captured the new militia law is suicidal." Includes General Sibley's expedition to New Mexico. Captured by David Cates Co...

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Soldier's News-Letter

Edited by Eastman with editorial assistance by Charles Giles of Belfast, Maine. Soldiers' newspaper (Vol. 1, No. 2). Front page and part of 4th page contains a proclamation from 1 May 1862 by Major General Benjamin Butler which says "it has been...

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to Maria Damuth

Describes springtime in Arkansas. The Wisconsin soldiers are nervous about the summer weather. Writes that Helena has been attacked "but it is all news to us we dident know any thing about it." Prisoners have been brought into the camp. Tells his...

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to Sister

Writes to his sister from the Army Hospital at Newton University. Tells her "I will say nothing about the Army as you know as much as I do about the moves. But [General Joseph] Hooker will not end the war." Reports that there was a "Negro Surgeon"...

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Resolutions endorsing the recent proclamation and order of the President on the subject of retaliation

Confederate act supporting Jefferson Davis' proclimation declaring Benjamin F. Butler and other Union officers as criminals deserving of death. Supports the President's order that Butler and his officers, as well as Brigadier General John McNeil...

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to Martha Weir

Writes Martha about a pledge he has refused to sign - "the tobacco part is all I object to." Reasons that tobacco is necessary for soldiers. Stresses how busy and complicated camp life is. Mentions Robert, who is being discharged from the army...

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to John Cripps

Tells his Secretary that the treaty is still being decided upon by the Committee on Foreign Relations and hopes for a speedy decision. Rants about politics and opines as to the way things should be done. Discusses personal news. Postmarked 22...

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to John Cripps

Writes to his Secretary after arriving in Vera Cruz with Mrs. Monk (Cripps' mother), Mrs. Gadsden and two family friends. Asks for news regarding acceptance or rejection of the treaty.

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To his wife

Written in pencil with portions of pages 1-4 traced in a darker pencil. The explosion and charge on fort along the rebel line by Burnside's 9th Corps was at first rumored to be a great success although GWT noticed Grant "appeared a little troubled."...

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to "my darling little buttercup"

re: Hartsuff writes to his daughter and tells her about the territory and life on the reservation. He describes "ration day" - when the Indians gather to receive their food from the stores - and a cattle division. Written at the Pine Ridge Indian...

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to "my darling Florence"

re: Hartsuff's advice to his daughter on the subject of her course of study in the next year. He implores her to take a mathematics course, and strongly advises her to take German, literature and physics so she can enter college in the sophomore...

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to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes an episode of racial discrimination at a show sponsored by the Camel cigarette company. He informs Estelle that he has had three exams in the past week. He also relays a lecture that he has had on the clothing and equipment of an...

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Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 764 (August 4, 1743)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Announces the death of England's Princess Teresa Benedictina Maria Barbara of smallpox, and her sister's contraction of the same disease. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2...

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Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 856 (May 9, 1745)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Announcement of the founding of the County of Bucks, as a result of the pettition mentioned in issues number 855. Printed...

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Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 865 (July 11, 1745)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. A Connecticut ship being chased by French privateers ran ashore on St. Bartholomew. Adds that the crew escaped but the ship...

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Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 889 (December 24, 1745)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Mentions intelligence to Major Swartwort from two indians that the French and French Indians intend to attack Albany. Section...

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Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 990 (December 3, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 1 through 4. Letter to Benjamin Franklin discussing the provenance of a previously published picture. Article discussing a newly formed...

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Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1104 (February 6, 1750)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Discusses the futile but worthwhile attempt to find a northwest passage to the East Indies through Hudson Bay. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section...

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Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 743 (March 10, 1743)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Humorous odes and papers about prominent British and French figures printed. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured...

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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 16 (April 23, 1864)]

The setting free of negroes, Terrible butchery at Ft. Pillow, Knoxville as a fortified city.

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The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 128, whole no. 3508 (February 10, 1862)]

Communication from Brownville: Vidaurri in complete possession. News from New Mexico and Sibley's proclamation. Fugitive slave ad. Editorial on Manifest Destiny and another on a month with the rebels

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The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 26, whole no. 3521 (May 16, 1862)]

Rumors from New Orleans. The great expected battle at Yorktown. Secession in California, particularly San Bernadino. Editorial on the shinplaster nuisance. Fugitive slave ad. Battle of Shiloh.

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Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 18, no. 69 (May 19, 1864)]

General Breckinridge's victory at New Market, Reported Surrender of Bank's Army, Fort Pillow - The Defenses of Mobile.

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The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 30, whole no. 3683 (May 25, 1863)]

News from Louisiana about the enemy evacuating. Letters from Shreveport, Gen. Henry E. McCulloch. The Constitution versus expediency. The new tax bill. Slave for sale ads.

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The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 83 (September 30, 1863)]

Circular, office of quartermaster. Fugitive slave ad. The Russio-Lincoln alliance. Letter from the Rangers. General Wharton and his officers. Some of the beauties of subjugation. On necessity paper.

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to the Williams family

Telegram sent to the Williams family by the Walker family, after the death of LeRoi Williams. The telegram expresses sympathy and mentions "a great loss to both our families." This is most likely from the family of Lt. William H. Walker, the other...

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to Ann

They will not start for home until the 10th or 15th of next month. 2 regiments of cavalry from General Grant's army came in a captured 50 prisoners. In all they ahd about 1100 prisoners. They also took African-Americans and put them right into the...

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[Senate report no. 65 regarding the Fort Pillow massacre and no. 67 regarding returned prisoners of war]

Contains a full report of the April 1864 battle at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, based on an investigation of the battle itself, as well as the operations of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest "and his command immediately preceding and subsequent...

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Federal gazette & Baltimore daily advertiser. [Vol. IV, no. 785 (May 11, 1790)]

Printed and sold by Leonard Yundt and Matthew Brown at 3 Calvert Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Includes 2 page supplement. Front page consists entirely of advertisements. They are mostly ads for various goods and services, real estate sales, and...

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New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 25, no. 7654 (October 18, 1865)]

Discusses President Andrew Johnson's involvement in various aspects of reconstruction. Addresses the responsibility of the Judiciary, not the Executive, in bringing former President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis to trial. Includes a full...

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