Word: despatched
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that time the Small-Pox has been in Boston in 20 familys which has drove a third almost of this people out of Boston, and the General Court adjourned to the College, the Council to the Library, and the House, to the Hall where they have met for the despatch of Public Business till last Wednesday; for on Tuesday night about 12 o'clock, in the severest snow storm I ever remember I heard the cry of Fire, one moment brought me to the window where I saw the old Harvard College on fire, and it was with the utmost...
...Special despatch to the CRIMSON...
Unfortunately, McClellan got hold of Lee's despatch and on September 10, acting on his information, marched against the part of Lee's army above Harper's Ferry. But Lee held him off until the 15th, when Jackson captured Harper's Ferry with its garrison, artillery and small arms...
Harvard Historical Society. "The Lost Despatch," the story of Antietam. Col. W. Allan, of Maryland. Sanders Theatre, 7.30 p.m. The Harvard Historical Society expects to arrange a brief course of lectures on the Civil War, on the successive Wednesday evenings...
Thanks to the Historical Society Sanders will be opened to-night, and an audience, comfortably seated, will listen to an interesting lecture. "The Lost Despatch, the Story of Antietam," is a subject that will in itself draw a good audience, and Col. Allan is a speaker well able to present it. We have already spoken emphatically of the value of these lectures to the college, and of the honor that they bring to the Historical Society...