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Cleveland Morning Leader, 5 August 1864
(ed; 2 inches)
~ See original
p.1, col.2
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2429 - H Aug. 5; ed: 1/2 - To fill the quota in New York city, which is
19,000 under the half million call, the bounty has been raised from $325
to $600, making the sum necessary to get the recruits $11,400,000.
"It looks like a pretty big burden, but it is really nothing to the
rich comiuercial center. Half a score of the merchant princes could raise
the sum in an hour. Will they stand this test of their patriotism?" (2)
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