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Morse, N.S. (fl. 1862-1864) Daily chronicle & sentinel. [Vol. 28, no. 193 (July 30, 1864)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.07.08 Author/Creator: Morse, N.S. (fl. 1862-1864) Place Written: Augusta, Georgia Type: Newspaper Date: 30 July 1864 Pagination: 4 p. ; 48.1 x 33.2 cm. Order a Copy

Subjects include Evacuation at Williamsburg and Yorktown Confirmed, From Charleston - Bombardment of Fort Sumter Continues, Fighting Again at Atlanta, Yankees Driven Back, Democratic Peace Meeting Held in New York. An account of peace negotiations with the North is outlined, with a letter from Abraham Lincoln to Horace Greeley. Subsequent articles on Yankee capital and debt follow. Lincoln's proposed readmission of Confederate states is included. An editorial on peace enforces support for the Confederacy. A letter from Georgia Governor Joseph Brown reminds readers that civil and military officers must strictly enforce execution of military laws. Lists of casualties are included. A diet describes "how fat people can become lean."

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

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