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Staunton Spectator, August 2, 1859 Go To Page : 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

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Description of Page: Advertisements and miscellaneous stories

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Description of Page: Top of the page is a bit obscured by headline from the other side

The Course of the Opposition
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Summary: Lays out Opposition platform--disapproval of Charleston Convention and desire to stay out of slavery agitation.

Counterfeit Bank Notes
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Summary: Baltimore Sun reports circulation of counterfeit notes, purporting to be from the Central Bank of Virginia at Staunton.

Origin of Article: Baltimore Sun

Washington College; Lexington, August 1st 1859
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Summary: Announcement of Campbell's intention to prepare a report for the State Agricultural Society on Augusta's resources and possible improvements in cultivation.
(Names in announcement: J.L.Campbell)

Trailer: Yours very truly; J. L. Campbell

For the Spectator
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Summary: Letter complaining about Staunton town council plan to fill in the wells and replace them with public hydrants.

Trailer: "Your old friends, Many Voters; N. B. Have you noticed how remarkably liberal the Council are going to be to the Hotels, for we are told they intend placing a lamp post opposite each of them? Generous fellows-ain't they! M. V."

Negroes Hung--One Burnt at the Stake
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Summary: Describes a lynching of a black man, who was burnt at the stake by a mob in Marshall, Saline County, Missouri. The victim allegedly murdered a white man.

Origin of Article: St. Louis Democrat

For the Spectator: "Camp Meetings"
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Summary: Diatribe against Camp Meetings. The Spectator believes that they are destructive of adjoining property, breed crime, and are ignorant of the Sabbath. Article threatens an Anti-meeting movement.

Trailer: Conservator

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Description of Page: Markets in column 2; Outside wedding, deaths

Married
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Summary: Married on July 28.
(Names in announcement: Rev.R. LewisMcClune, WilliamBuchanan, Mrs.JaneSmith)

Married
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Summary: Burwell of Lewisburg, married there on July 28.
(Names in announcement: Rev.JohnMcElheney, WilliamWaddell, MaggieBurwell)

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