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Disputed Invention of Adhesive Stamp
A claim is put forward for one James Chalmers of Arbroath, Scotland, who submitted specimens of adhesive postage stamps to a committee of the House of Commons in 1834. Rowland…
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The Affair at Pocotaligo
Charleston, Oct. 23. The enemy advanced yesterday morning in two columns, against Coosawhatchie, and the other against Pocotaligo. He was repulsed from Pocotaligo by our forces. At Coosawhatchie he succeeded in gaining…
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August 5, 1861 – The Retreat at Bull Run
Capt. Weston. This gentleman, captain of the Peterborough company, writes in regard to the retreat at Bull’s Run : "Could we but have had an officer to ride along the…