CHARLESTON [S.C.] TRI-WEEKLY MERCURY - NOVEMBER 7, 1861

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Item Code: 825-69

Volume LXXIX—Number 11,299. 4 pp., 16.5” x 23, six columns. Exhibits fold-marks & light foxing. Else near fine  & entirely legible.

Contains complete listing of the ships in the Union blockading fleet and commanders of ships deployed, and well as an interesting census of the city of Charleston—listing white , slave, and free colored.  48,409 in habitants, of which 17,655 were slaves and 3,785 free-colored.  Large slave sale advertisement on page 1. Editorially,-the paper believes that the Charleston and Savannah can hold out against impending attacks by the Union fleet. In protective sleeve w/ white card backing. [jp][ph:L]

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