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Jefferson Davis in captivity...
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Jefferson Davis in captivity...

Item # 649852 ·
NEW YORK TIMES, July 28, 1865 

* Jefferson Davis in confinement
* Fort Monroe - Hampton, Virginia


The front page features "The Pirate Shenandoah - She is Operating in the Arctic Ocean - Eight Ships of Our Whaling Fleet Destroyed - The Pirate Does Not Believe in Lee's Surrender".
Page 4 has: "The Health of Mr. Jefferson Davis at Fortress Monroe - He is Neither Starved nor Pampered in Any Way - His health Better Than it Has Been in Five Years - He is as Well as Can be Expected". The back page features baseball reports with box scores.
Eight pages, nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
Price
$29
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.