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Joy, George Mills (fl. 1830-1864) North Carolina times. [Vol. 1, no. 47 (June 29, 1864)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06107.14 Author/Creator: Joy, George Mills (fl. 1830-1864) Place Written: New Berne, North Carolina Type: Newspaper Date: 29 June 1864 Pagination: 4 p. : necessity paper ; 48.5 x 37.6 cm. Order a Copy

Union-occupation newspaper. Masthead motto reads "Liberty and Union - Now and Forever - One and Inseparable." Front page prints recently passed U.S. laws, including acts to provide trials for minor offences and to incorporate homes for women and children. Editorial titled "The Doomed City" describes events in Virginia and details the state's transgressions, including its endorsement of the massacre of colored troops at Fort Pillow. Describes the late reconnaissance toward Kinston. "Affairs About Petersburg." Interesting reminiscence about George Washington's last vote. Ink manuscript notes. Printed on yellow paper ("brown straw paper").

The North Carolina Times began in 1864 and ran just over a year. The paper became the North Carolina Daily Times in 1865, and later the New Berne Daily Times from 1865 to 1873.

Joy was a member of the 23rd Mass. Reg., formerly in the employ of the Hampshire Gazette.

Joy, George Mills, fl. 1830-1864

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