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1861-1865 ca.
Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va
E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. A black woman holding a basket stands in front of the slave pen. Two men stand behind the iron gate.
GLC05137.076
1885 ca.
Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), (c. 1849-1893)
[Frederick Douglass]
Inscribed on front "Frederick Douglass. Born 1817." Inscribed verso: "Frederick Douglass. Born February 1817." With newspaper obituary pasted on the back. The albumen surface has been slightly scratched.
GLC05146
16 August 1862
Adair & Smith (1861-1864)
Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 155 (August 16, 1862)]
Prints "Abe Lincoln's Speech at a War Meeting in Washington" on August 16, 1862. Other articles include: "Riots in New York Between Whites & Blacks", "Riots Anticipated in Washington", "The Battle of Southwest Mountain", and "Partisan Success in...
GLC05959.09.062
19 March 1863
Southern confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 31 (March 19, 1863)]
Includes an article entitled "A Negro Regiment has Landed in Memphis From Above." "Anti-Blockade Rumor", reprinted from the Charleston Courier, reports that Mercier, the French Minister in Washington, supports ending the blockade.
GLC05959.09.156
19 October 1863
Prentice, George Dennison (1802-1870)
Louisville daily journal. [Vol. 33, no. 332 (October 19, 1863)]
Grant Reviews Troops at Vickburg, Capture of Guerrillas in Arkansas, Hindman Wounded at Chickamauga, Fight at LaGrange, Tennessee, Attack on Washington Probable. A lengthy letter from Judge George Robertson of Kentucky fills the front page discussing...
GLC05959.14.24
5 November 1864
Sandoz, Joel H. and Spencer, William H.
Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 23 (November 5, 1864)]
The front page is in French and the back page is in English. Armistice Pressed at Washington. Printed are a call for oil cloths and blankets for soldiers is printed here and an address of Colonel Alcibiade Deblanc on his return from Virginia...
GLC05959.15.04
15 April 1863
Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1814-1877
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 25 (April 15, 1863)]
Two articles titled "Army Missions" describe several battalions and their ties to religion. "Warlike" compares religions work in the army with ancient battles. Three columns of "Secular News" include an extensive report reprinted form the Mercury, of...
GLC05959.39.20
3 February 1864
William Lloyd and Co.
Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 17, no. 275 (February 3, 1864)]
Dispatch from Colonel Gordon, Yankee prisoners, gunboat "Smith Briggs" captured, telegraph from General Beauregard - enemy re-shelling Fort Sumter, Report Ex-Senator Robert Toombs of Georgia arrested, Yankees evacuate Corinth, Army corps of the...
GLC05959.72.050
3 January 1861
Nixon, J. O. (fl. 1861)
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 260 (January 3, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. In response to an article in the "Chicago Tribune," front page has an article mockingly titled "New Orleans Ruined!-Cotton Doomed!" that says the city's markets will survive if New Yorkers eliminate tolls on Erie Canal...
GLC05960.02.02
25 February 1861
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 305 (February 25, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. Article on University of Louisiana. Description of the New Orleans celebration of George Washington's birthday takes up three quarters of the front page. Describes an "Imposing Military Display." Short item on arrival...
GLC05960.02.06
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