Rare CONFEDERATE Houston TX Texas & Nearby Galveston Civil War 1864 Newspaper

Rare CONFEDERATE Houston TX Texas & Nearby Galveston Civil War 1864 Newspaper. (Note: additional images are located below the description). Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: GALVESTON TRI-WEEKLY NEWS, Texas, September 23, 1864. Very rare issue from the Southwest Confederacy.

Although the title notes "Galveston", the dateline notes it was printed in nearby Houston, as it is likely moving a bit more inland offered greater security from the Yankee forces. Confederate newspapers from Texas are very uncommon particularly from before or during the Civil War.

Here is an issue from the city of Galveston that has various war-related content, including a front page report headed: "500,000 more Victims to Abolitionism". There is also a brief dispatch signed in type D. To prevent the sacrifice of human life, we demand the unconditional surrender of Fort Morgan. Other war-related content as well. An 18 by 11 inch single sheet, has a small hole in the first column, and a few archival mends on the reverse.

A nice opportunity for a paper from Texas during the Civil War. Please Note: All of our offerings are 100% authentic! We do not offer reprints or reproductions of any kind.

They are guaranteed to be original! For this specific item, A U. The per-item additional cost for folders, portfolios, and presentation cases vary.

We will still provide tracking and insure them at our expense. Please check with your country's. We have been dealers in rare newspapers for over 43 years, serve as consultants to multiple museums, and are members of the American Antiquarian Society. Timothy Hughes Rare Newspapers P.

Desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things. Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Civil War (1861-65)\Original Period Items\Other Civil War Original Items". The seller is "timhu" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Item Number: 660594
Content: Rare & Early collctible antique original newspaper