Abstract:
Interesting old pre-Civil War paper from Savannah. Political ad for Martin Van Buren for President and John Forsyth, Vice-President, also Charles McDonald for Governor of Georgia. Article on The Southern Literary Messenger. At least three ads with rewards for runaway slave. Overall, an interesting old paper.
Description:
The Daily Georgian, September 11,1839. Bulloch, William H., ed. Valdosta, Georgia: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, Georgia Publications Collection, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10428/2997.
Full-size newspaper. (17.5" x 22.5" inches). Fragile Condition, discolored by light exposure. 2 leaves, folded in quarters. Scanned in portions at 600 DPI Tiffs and stitched together in Adobe Illustrator. PDF and OCR w/ Adobe Acrobat Pro and ABBYYFineReader 12. OCR very inaccurate - Discarded.