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Title: Elevator - August 4, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
Brief review of a Shakespeare play performed at a local theater.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 20, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer tells his readers that Fort Sumter has surrendered to Confederate forces. President Lincoln has called for volunteers and Washington, D. C. is under Martial Law. The country moves rapidly now into civil war.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - January 25, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer expresses renewed hope that the Civil War will result in the abolition of slavery. He notes various reasons for this feeling.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page