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Problem with Mormon currency... Capture of a slave ship...
Problem with Mormon currency... Capture of a slave ship...
Item # 683649
August 31, 1858
DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Aug. 31, 1858 Page 3 has: "From Utah" which reports on the elections there. Also: "...Repudiation of the Mormon currency--the notes of the 'Deseret Currency Association--was the last movement of the Mormon leaders...the Gentile storekeepers refusing to receive the notes..." and more.
Also on page 3: "Capture Of A Slaver" which reports on the: "...captured...brig Putnam with 348 negroes from the coast of Africa...The officers and crew of the slaver consist of 18 men, several of whom are Americans..." with more.
Keep in mind that although slavery continued to exist into the Civil War, the importing of slaves was outlawed in 1808.
Four pages, nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
Category: The Old West
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