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Jeff Davis, Abe Lincoln, General Banks, General Butler, and more...
Jeff Davis, Abe Lincoln, General Banks, General Butler, and more...
Item # 693812
December 29, 1862
NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 29, 1862
* Jefferson Davis proclamation
* Proclaims Benjamin Butler a felon
Page 2 includes a significant document by the President of the Confederacy, with headlines: "Proclamation Of Jeff. Davis" "The Retaliatory Policy Fully Inaugurated" "Gen. Butler to be Executed for the Hanging of Mumford" 'Fulmination Against Slaves found in Arms & Officers Commanding Them" with the entire 1 1/3 columns of text being the Proclamation, signed in type: Jefferson Davis.
Much Civil War reporting on the front page.
A small, somewhat discrete report on page 5 is headed: "Execution of Indians in Minnesota" being an early report on the executions of 38 Dakota Indians.
The back page includes: "Executive Order, Establishing a Provisional Court in Louisiana" signed in type: Abraham Lincoln. Also: "...Gen. Butler's Order on Resigning Command..." signed in type: Benj. F. Butler. Also: "Gen. Banks' Proclamation" on assuming command of the Dept. of the Gulf, signed: N. P. Banks.
Eight pages, very nice condition.
Category: Yankee
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