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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 03, 1913
Page
3
An old poem recounts Stuyvesant and nine burghers patrolling Nieuw Amsterdam streets by night on Christmas Eve. The narrative links to Saint Nicholas and Dutch colonial memory, then shifts to a Civil War era march and a later wartime raid with General Averell.
R A Henderson B C is listed as the land surveyor for the office next to the post office with a P O Box in the address line.
On New Year’s Day 1864 Union troops marching into Martinsburg Virginia appeared exhausted and cold. The thermometer reportedly read below zero as weary soldiers arrived bareheaded and fatigued after long night marches. Some wore damaged overcoats and even captured Confederate clothing.
Fragmentary OCR of a New Year poem urging Ring out the old and ring in the new. Refrains call for casting off false pride, wars, grief, and oppression while welcoming truth, rights, peace, and a larger, charitable heart. Names and dates are unclear in the damaged text.
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