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Old Paper Reflects Daily Life
The weekly Rutherfordton paper edited by John Gray Bynum reprints Santa Anna’s protest against American treatment and Texas President Burnetts reply. It includes opinions on federal surplus funds for the state, a railroad stock subscription notice for Louisville Cincinnati and Charleston, and a General Assembly journal noting no new county carved from Orange but approval to create Davie from Rowan.
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Rutherfordton
John Gray Bynum
Santa Anna
Texas Republic
David Burnett
Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston
Journal of the General Assembly
Orange
Jefferson
Davie
Rowan