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Letters from Lincoln and Jeff Davis...
Letters from Lincoln and Jeff Davis...
Item # 702202
September 12, 1861
THE CRISIS Columbus, Sept. 12, 1861 This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.
Articles include: "General Fremont & his Confiscation Proclamation" "What They Say in Canada" "What the Federal Prisoners are Doing at Richmond" "Gen. Butler's Official Report to Gen. Wool" "Correspondence Between Gov. Magoffin & President Lincoln" which includes a letter signed: A. Lincoln; "The Nelson Arrest..." which includes a letter signed: Jefferson Davis.
Eight pages, water staining throughout, good condition.Described as "The Hottest Rebel Sheet to be found in the North or the South", this newspaper opposed the war and attracted the hatred of the Republicans and the Lincoln administration. It was denied circulation in some cities. In 1863 the press was raided by a hateful mob.
Category: Yankee
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