Item 8: Newspaper, The Susquehanna Democrat (Removed to Grey Print Box #4)., 1818 April 10

Item — Box: 15, Folder: 17

Staff Only

Dates

Created: 1818 April 10

Disclaimer for Name and Subject Authorities

Some of the name and subject authority tags have been assigned by educated guessing and estimation of persons and subjects by region, age, profession, and familial relationships. They have been thoroughly researched by using primary and secondary sources available digitally, and named in each description, or in some cases linked directly to the person tag.

Access:

All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Newspaper

Condition Note:

Fair. Edges are worn, the front page is torn along the crease.

Measurements:

19 ¼ in x 12 in

Title:

The Susquehanna Democrat

Description:

A Wilkes-Barre paper, Vol. VIII, No. 41. The front/back page includes a list of people who owe taxes by county. The center pages include news, both domestic and foreign (intelligence from South America). The back page also includes a bounty hunting offer from the sheriff for two thieves that escaped the Luzerne County Jail, returned alive, for $50 (the equivalent of approx. $1200 today).