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This download contains abstracts from the newspapers The Rock Island Argus – 1867; The Rock Island Daily Union – 1867; The Rock Island and Moline Daily Union – 1867 Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois; 239 pages.
In this volume RICIGS member Janet Pease abstracted all existing newspapers for Rock Island County for the year of 1867. Newspapers frequently published lists of letters being held at the post office. In this volume she included only the first list of letters from each month that appeared in the Rock Island Union.
From The Rock Island and Moline Daily Union, September 11, 1867
Mr. Jamieson yesterday bought the Pickett property in Moline from George Stephens. Mr. Jamieson intends to use the property as a resident (sic) for his parents, who have just come over from England. They lived in this country for 17 years, but returned to England in 1859. They have now come back to live here permanently.
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