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Events on the Rio Grande, at the closing moments of the Civil War...



Item # 690784

June 19, 1865

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., June 19, 1865  The front page has: "News From the Rio Grande" which has much concerning the situation in the Brownsville vicinity. Also on the ftpg: "Chief Justice Chase to the Colored School Children of New Orleans" and: "General Grant's Letter About His Horse 'Jack' ".
Page 23 has two: "Proclamations" each signed in type by the President: Andrew Johnson, concerning the reconstruction efforts in the South. Also a: "Proclamation" by the provisional governor of South Carolina to his citizens. 
Great to have this content in a newspaper from the nation's capital.
Four pages, large folio size, minor binding indents at the blank spine, very nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.

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