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Jefferson Davis announces proclamation for day of fasting and prayer... Territory of Idaho established... Nevada mint established...
Jefferson Davis announces proclamation for day of fasting and prayer... Territory of Idaho established... Nevada mint established...
Item # 691765
March 04, 1863
THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 4, 1863 Page 5 has column heads including: "Important From The South" with subhead: "Jeff. Davis Appoints March 27 as a Day of Fasting and Prayer". The proclamation is signed in type: Jefferson Davis.
Also on page 5 are: "The War in Tennessee" "The Rebels Defeated at Bradyville" and "And Important Report" "The Rebels Said to be Evacuating Vicksburgh" "Report of a Great Battle at Vicksburgh".
Front page column heads include: "Important from New-Orleans" "Another Batch of Prisoners Sent Within the Rebel Lines" "The Harriet Lane Still in Galveston" "The Rebels Converting Her into an Iron-Clad" and more.
Also on the front page under the reports from Washington are: "Designs for Currency Notes" which is due to the recent passing of the National Currency Act; "A Branch Mint in Nevada" "The New Banking Law" and The Territory of Idahoe" on: "...establishing of a temporary Government in Montano...changes the name to Idahoe. Slavery would forever be prohibited within the limits of the new Territory."
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, once folded into quarters, good condition.
Category: Yankee
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