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AHA Teaching & Learning Teaching Resources for Historians Sixteen Months to Sumter Newspaper Index New York Journal of Commerce

In This Section

  • Chronology
  • Location Index
  • Newspaper Index
  • Introductions to Secession Editorial Series
  • Reviews of Secession Editorial Series

New York Journal of Commerce

  • The Negro Race

    October 26, 1860

  • The Remedy for Existing Evils

    November 26, 1860

  • Mayor Wood's Message--Proposal to Separate the City from the State

    January 8, 1861

  • Let Us Reason Together

    January 12, 1861

  • President Lincoln's Inaugural Message

    March 5, 1861

  • The War Spirit

    April 10, 1861

  • "A Mission of Humanity"

    April 12, 1861

  • The Position of Northern Conservatives

    May 6, 1861

  • The Relations between England and the United States

    May 24, 1861

  • The Value of a Leader

    May 28, 1861

  • Effect of the War upon Moral and Material Improvement

    May 29, 1861

  • Action and Reaction

    June 19, 1861

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