Raynors HCA 2014-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/6/2014
Newspaper broadsheet, an authentic issue of the Tri-Weekly State Gazette, Austin, Texas, August 15, 1863, 9-1/2” x 12-1/2”, never bound, weak at the fold,VG. This Confederate newspaper reports both local and national news as well as a scattering of advertisements. From the front side brief reports include “The reported battle between General Lee’s forces and the Yankee army is confirmed”; Morgan is also reported to be safe”; And here is an unusual editorial recommending “the employment of negro teamsters and boy couriers will add greatly to our list in the field.” And, a slave advertisement selling a field hand and a cook. From the back side, an Idian report of scalping a man; a rescue party saving 3 children from the Indians.
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