A larger version of this object is available to teachers and students for free. Others can subscribe for $25/year.
Larger images are also available to schools and libraries via subscription to American History, 1493-1943. Check to see if your school or library already has a subscription or click here for more information.
- GLC#
- GLC05959.23.02-View header record
- Type
- Newspapers
- Date
- March 16, 1861
- Author/Creator
- Holden, William Woods, 1818-1892
- Title
- Semi-weekly standard. [Vol. 11, no. 29 (March 16, 1861)]
- Place Written
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 63.5 cm, Width: 46.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Reports from the Missouri and Virginia Conventions, Our Disunion Governor. This issue reports a detailed North Carolina state budget, including debts, obligations, endorsements, recapitulations, disbursements, etc. Minutes from the Virginia State Convention are included. An editorial expresses disdain for NC governor John W. Ellis for not being honest and open about his secession tendencies. Letters to the editor reveal feelings about secession and allegiance.
Citation Guidelines for Online Resources
- Copyright Notice
- The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.