28 Jan 1876
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Newspaper
Ashtabula Telegraph
Location
Ashtabula, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1876
Page
1
A fragmented early page lists attorneys and agents serving regions including Grocite and Ont Line. It mentions collecting and sending goods, transportation routes to New York, with references to hotels, express services, and various towns and streets. The garbled text shows names like Ernest and Girard with assorted addresses and cargo movements.
A lengthy historical text recounts Civil War era prisoner exchange debates, including Confederate laws denying POW status to black soldiers, Jefferson Davis’s proclamations, and Union resistance to unequal treatment. It weaves in quotations from lawmakers, war-era correspondence, and reflections on amnesty and loyalty across both sides, highlighting the moral and legal clashes surrounding the exchange and treatment of prisoners.
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