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Morse, N.S. (fl. 1862-1864) Daily chronicle & sentinel. [Vol. 27, no. 226 (September 22, 1863)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.07.02 Author/Creator: Morse, N.S. (fl. 1862-1864) Place Written: Augusta, Georgia Type: Newspaper Date: 22 September 1863 Pagination: 2 p. ; 57 x 40.2 cm. Order a Copy

One issue of the Daily chronicle & sentinel dated September 22, 1863. Includes articles of a letter from the newly-elected governor of Alabama who dispels rumors of his supposedly reconstructive agenda, reports from Virginia, north Georgia, trans-Mississippi, north Alabama, and Tennessee that give indications of the war and its impact on the surrounding areas. Also printed is a special notice of a grievance that the George Railroad Company supplies Black employees with meat and money because they believe these men will be tempted to steal. Contains articles listing the names of enslaved people who ran away seeking emancipation. One ad sought the return of an enslaved man named Albert. Another ad sought a 30-year-old enslaved man named Jim Dawson.

This paper was published in Augusta, Georgia by N.S. Morse during this time period. The Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State started as a semi-weekly paper in 1785 and became the Augusta Chronicle and Georgia Gazette (then Advertiser) in 1821. In 1835 the paper was named the Augusta Chronicle. In 1837 the paper incorporated the States Rights Sentinel previously edited by Judge Augustus Baldwin Longstreet. The name became the Daily Chronicle and Sentinel in 1840. In 1877 the paper merged with the Constitutionalist and became the Chronicle and Constitutionalist. This paper boasts to having the largest circulation in the city and the state.

Morse, N.S., fl. 1862-1864
[Skinner, Elizabeth], Albert (Tennessee), 1838-?
Dawson, Jim, 1835-?

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