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Licensed to Sell?

Alabama corn price controls From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 29, 1862: Cor[n] law i[n] Alabama. –The Legislature of Alabama has passed a bill requiring that no person, except the producer and miller, shall sell corn without first obtaining a … Continue reading

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Keeping Calm in the East Indies

It apparently took about a couple months for news to get from the East India Squadron to New York. From The New-York Times September 13, 1861: THE EAST INDIA SQUADRON. The following general order which has been issued by the … Continue reading

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