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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1865

Page

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Grand Trade Sale Produces Unmatched Merchant Enthusiasm

Merchants in the city push toward a grand finale of a multi day Trade Sale with 800 lots on day one and 600 on day two. Delegations from New York and others converge as leading houses showcase an array of dry goods from quilts to cambrics. The event aims to ease buying pressures with social cheer and strong cooperation.

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Washington social life drives last month of Congress

Correspondence from the Boston Post reports Washington dinners rise as the thirty-eighth Congress nears adjournment. Members seek influence and favors through hospitality, while Esau's birthright metaphor hints at bribes for dinners. Sherman’s moves in South Carolina are discussed with reticence. Savannah markets falter as speculation thrives and freedmen face uncertain futures under the Bureau.

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