2022-01 Raynors HCA Auction
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Reprinted from the handwritten prison newspapers, The Libby Chronicle, Libby Prison, Richmond, August 28, 1863, 8pp., pages now separated. This 1889 reprint is a true copy of the Libby chronicle as written by the prisoners of Libby. Despite the hardships, prisoners published for a brief time an eclectic and sometimes irreverent newsletter called the Libby Chronicle. Written by inmates during the summer of 1863, the Chronicle advertised itself as "Devoted to Facts and Fun" and was read aloud each Friday morning by its editor, Louis N. Beaudry, chaplain of the 5th New York Cavalry. ... Also, front page of the reprinted Vol. 1, Issue 3
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