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Racing at Saratoga... Will of a former slave... Anti-slavery agitation...



Item # 636138

August 09, 1865

NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 9, 1865  The front page has: "Sports of the Turf - The Second Day of the Saratoga Meeting - The Coveted Bauble Won by the Horse Kentucky", Page 3 has: "Death of an Ex-Slave at the Almshouse - His Will" which has the will of Denison wherein he leaves all his worldly belongings to the person that had been attending to him. Page 4 has "The Anti-Slavery Agitation - Its Relation to the Result".
Note (not shown in the photos): The front page also has an article headed: "Indian Affairs", which reports the government's lack of approval of Colonel Chivington's actions in regard to the Sand Creek Massacre.
Eight pages with lite scattered foxing and lite damp staining at  the right margin, otherwise in good condition.

Category: Post-Civil War