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(CIVIL WAR--MARYLAND.) Run of the Baltimore Sun from the early months of the war.
Estimate:
$800 - $1,200
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$813
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Printed & Manuscript Americana
Description
Description: (CIVIL WAR--MARYLAND.) Run of the Baltimore Sun from the early months of the war. 47 unbound issues, each 4 pages of about 23 x 17 inches on a folding sheet; stitch holes in inner margins, minor wear; most issues bearing printed subscriber tags of H. Ridgely near the masthead. Baltimore, May to December 1861
Footnote: This run includes most of the issues from 1 May to 19 July 1861, as well as 3 later issues from September and December 1861. It begins during the aftermath of Fort Sumter and Baltimore's bloody Pratt Street riots. The 13 May issue reports the Confederate declaration of war; 14 May reports the Federal occupation of Baltimore under Benjamin Butler. The 27 May issue reports the arrest of secessionist militiaman John Merriman, which caused "quite an excitement"; the legality of his imprisonment was the subject of an important Supreme Court case. The impending dread of a border state on the eve of a bloody war is felt throughout.
Footnote: This run includes most of the issues from 1 May to 19 July 1861, as well as 3 later issues from September and December 1861. It begins during the aftermath of Fort Sumter and Baltimore's bloody Pratt Street riots. The 13 May issue reports the Confederate declaration of war; 14 May reports the Federal occupation of Baltimore under Benjamin Butler. The 27 May issue reports the arrest of secessionist militiaman John Merriman, which caused "quite an excitement"; the legality of his imprisonment was the subject of an important Supreme Court case. The impending dread of a border state on the eve of a bloody war is felt throughout.
