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Creator Forney, John W. (John Wien), 1817-1881.
Contributor Byram, Joseph H., engraver.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title A paper for the camp and fireside! Forney's war press : The intense interest everywhere felt in the mighty contest in which the armies and fleets of the nation are engaged, on the Potomac, in Western Virginia, in Kentucky, in Missouri, on the sea coast and elsewhere, and the existing demand for a weekly journal that will furnish a full and accurate account of the thrilling events of this exciting and ever-memorable period, acceptable alike to soldiers in camp, to peaceful firesides, ... a great war paper! ... / For further information address John W. Forney, "Press" Office, No. 417 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Title Forney's war press
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa. : s.n]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1861
Date [1861]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 76 x 51 cm.
Notes "Forney's" appears within an ornament; the ornament also bears the date 1861, and is signed: J.H. Byram, engr.
Printed in red and black; printed area, including double-rule border, measures 67.7 x 44.6 cm.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Forney's war press.
Newspaper publishing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Newspapers.
United States -- Newspapers.
Genre Advertisements -- Newspapers.
Broadsides.
Woodcuts.
Illustrator Byram, Joseph H., engraver.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | 2# Am 1861 Forney (2)5786.F.44 (McAllister)
Accession number (2) 5786.F.44 (McAllister)

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