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NV - Virginia City,Storey County - March 16, 1865 - Virginia Daily Union Newspaper - Gil Schmidtmann

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NV - Virginia City,Storey County - March 16, 1865 - Virginia Daily Union Newspaper - Gil Schmidtmann
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Thursday edition, Vol. 5, No. 112

The Virginia Daily Union began publication in Virginia City on November 4, 1862. It was Republican Party (of Lincoln) in outlook and was in direct competition with the Territorial Enterprise. The paper suspended publication on February 5, 1867. This edition of the paper contains portions of the Revenue Act passed by the First Legislature of the State of Nevada.

[Lingenfelter, Richard E. and Karen Rix Gash. The Newspapers of Nevada: A History and Bibliography 1854-1979. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1984. p. 255-6.]