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The Daily Dispatch: 1861 is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Richmond Times-Dispatch has been the primary daily newspaper of Richmond, Virginia for over the past 150 years. At the time of establishment in 1850, it was one of the very few non-partisan newspapers around and featured relatively unbiased articles. During the Civil War, Richmond became the capital of the Confederate states and the Daily Dispatch decided to promote the Confederate cause. The...

ordinance, authorizing the Auditor to issue Treasury notes, to bear no interest, which will relieve the Treasury of a very considerable liability. The plates and paper are all ready for printing, and the notes will be put in circulation without delay: Whereas by ordinances of this Convention, number thirty-five, entitled ‘"an ordinance to authorize the issue of Treasury notes,"’ passed April 30th, 1861, and an ordinance, number seventy one, entitled ‘"an ordinance authorizing Treasury notes, and