25 Aug 1866
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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1866
Page
1
Fragmented OCR reveals a poem about vanished past and snowless landscape. It references winter imagery, distant bells, and a melancholic sense of absence. Names and clear events are unclear, but the piece conveys a mood of longing, snowfall, and searching for meaning.
A long draft bill outlines a federal internal revenue tax on cotton produced, requiring accurate weighing, marking, and monthly reporting by manufacturers. It details levy method, collection districts, penalties for evasion, and allowances for manufactured cotton drawings, with enforcement by internal revenue officials and Treasury approval.
A large North and South soldier convention met in Philadelphia on September 1 to nominate J. W. Doullittle for president and to adopt a platform: slavery abolished, equal state rights, and Confederate debts repudiated. Speakers praised Union victory, urged continued unity, and announced committees on resolutions and organization. The crowd heard calls for electoral reform and wartime legacies while plans for future gatherings and political realignments emerged amid denouncements of secessionist forces. The meeting closed with arrangements for a formal address to the nation and notes on the role of veterans and war pensions.
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