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Confederate Newspapers from LA, AL, & MS

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Confederate Newspapers from LA, AL, & MS
<B>Confederate Newspapers from Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi.</B></I> Three rare issues, as follows: <BR><I><B>The Weekly New Iberian,</B></I></B></I> Louisiana, May 11, 1861- Four pages, never bound, dampstained, minor paper loss. <BR><I><B>The Daily Clarion,</B></I></B></I> Meridian, Mississippi, August 4, 1863- Two page singlesheet, very good condition. <BR><I><B>Chattanooga Daily Rebel,</B></I></B></I> Selma, Alabama, April 15, 1865- A fascinating little one page paper and one of the last, if not <I>the</B></I> last, issue of this "mobile" paper that, during the course of the war, was published in three states, five towns, and even in a railroad boxcar while traveling with Confederate soldiers. Its publisher, Henry Watterson, went on to found the <I>Louisville Courier-Journal.</B></I> The condition is only fair with weakness and separation at the folds but its historical significance far outweighs concerns of condition. <BR>Also included in this lot is a prewar issue of the <I><B>Galveston Weekly News</B></I></B></I> dated May 29, 1860. At that point in Texas history, it was the dominant newspaper. Four pages, dampstaining and weak at folds. Shortly after the Civil War, a Confederate veteran named A. H. Belo took over this paper and expanded into Dallas starting the <I>Dallas Morning News</B></I> as a satellite paper. The publishing empire he founded is still flourishing today.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Large Flat (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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