Virginia Free Press

Publication

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Virginia Free Press

Entry/Object ID

LIB1591

Description

Virginia Free Press, Vol 39, No. 40. The entire first page provides coverage of "The Richmond Tragedy," the murder of Dudley Marvin Hoyt in Richmond by Mr. Wm. R. Myers who was under the impression Hoyt had slept with his wife & refused to leave Richmond at once. Election Results for various states. Storm impacts on East Coast [the 1846 Havana hurricane]. General Zachariah Taylor's defeat of the Mexicans in Monterrey From the New Orleans papers, accounts of Santa Anna's rise to head the Mexican military to fight the Americans.

Acquisition

Accession

00

Source or Donor

Found in collection

Acquisition Method

Gift

Publication Details

Edition

Thursday Morning

Publisher

John S. & Horatio N. Gallaher

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Charlestown, Jefferson County, WV

Publication Language

English

Notes

Date: 1846 October 22