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Adair & Smith (1861-1864) Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 194 (October 2, 1862)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.09.077 Author/Creator: Adair & Smith (1861-1864) Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia. Type: Newspaper Date: 2 October 1862 Pagination: 4 p. ; 55.5 x 40.4 cm. Order a Copy

Features a printing of President Lincoln's preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, dated September 22, 1862 and signed by Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward. Title reads: "By the President of the United States -- A Proclamation." Also features a poem by Reverend K.P. Birch of La Grange, Georgia titled "The Raid of Death." Includes accounts of troop movements and battle reports, advertisements, and local news.

This newspaper was commenced by Dr. J.P. Hambleton, on the 15th of February, 1859, and continued until May, 1861, when its title was transferred to Messrs. Hanleiter and Adair.
In March, 1861, Mr. G.W. Adair became associatd with Mr. Hanleiter in its proprietorship. In May, Dr. Hambleton having discontinued the publication of his paper and transferred its title, etc. to Messrs. Hanleiter and Adair, they adopted, as being more general and appropriate the title of The Southern Confederacy - and associated with themselveds as Co-editors, Mr. J.H. Smith, who in June, 1861, purchased Mr. Hanleiter's interest. By July 4th 1861, the paper began using a letter and telegraphic correspondant located at Mnassas Junction and other reporters at various points in Virginia.
As the Union troops stormed down towards the Chattahoochee, the paper sought quarters in Macon, georgia, however leaving a small staff in Atlanta to issue hand-bill "Extras" from proof presses.
It's last copy was issued on the day the Confederates evacuated the City. So fell the City and the newspaper.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872

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