New England Loyal Publication Society No. 147

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A broadside of the New England Loyal Publication Society, consisting of a single sheet of white wove rag paper with printed black ink on one side only. The top right corner has undergone a prior repair.The header across the top reads [No. 147 / NEW ENGLAND LOYAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY / OFFICE, No. 8 STUDIO BUILDING, BOSTON / DECEMBER 18, 1863.]. The text is arranged in three columns and consists of four articles: "Leasing Plantations," regarding government leased plantations along the Mississippi River and conditions for the formerly enslaved laborers including pay, housing, rations, clothing, and keeping families together; "The Solution to the Negro Question" (from the St. Joseph, Missouri Morning Herald), “the enlistment of colored men” from Boone and Calloway counties in Missouri based on Order No.

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