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This volume contains abstracts from the newspapers Rock Island Weekly Union and Rock Island Argus, 1865-1866. 248 pages.
RICIGS member Janet Pease created abstracts from microfilmed copies of the Rock Island Weekly Union and Rock Island Argus that she ordered on interlibrary loan from the Illinois State Historical Library. 248 pages
From Rock Island Weekly Union of February 15, 1865
This issue contains a list of those who have been received and discharged from the Rock Island County Poor House since last September 1.
From Rock Island Weekly Union of February 22, 1865
This issue lists persons from Rock Island County who are currently in the state penitentiary.
You can find an index of the volume here.
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