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July 08, 1803

CHARLESTON COURIER, South Carolina, July 8, 1803 

* Very rare & early Southern antebellum publication

A volume I issue of this famous title from the South. Page 3 is entirely taken up with a huge list of prices of goods in Charleston. Page 3 has a lengthy editorial which deals, in part, with the hopes of the Louisiana Purchase, noting in part: "...We must sincerely wish that the promised purchase of Louisiana may take place; but we are not yet sure of it...".
A wealth of ads including at least 2 slave-related ads.
Four pages, light damp stains, good condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War