Rosser, Thomas H., fl. 1862 [Special Order no. 357 publishing food prices to prevent speculation]

GLC05987.35

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GLC#
GLC05987.35-View header record
Type
Broadsides, posters & signs
Date
23 May 1862
Author/Creator
Rosser, Thomas H., fl. 1862
Title
[Special Order no. 357 publishing food prices to prevent speculation]
Place Written
Memphis, Tennessee
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 39.2 cm, Width: 27.8 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Published two weeks before Memphis fell into Union hands. Prints a "tariff of prices" on food to prevent a black market. Says "extortioners, of any shape or kind, that they will be held to a strict accountability, both in person and property, for wrecking so mean and cowardly, an advantage over those who natural protectors are on the tented field." Order issued on the command of Colonel Thomas H. Rosser and Acting Post Adjutant Thomas M. Crowder.

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