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September 4, 2026: Summer Americana - Day Four

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  • Civil War
Lot 3156

EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT CIVIL WAR WATERFORD, LOUDOUN CO., VIRGINIA FEMALE-QUAKER PUBLISHED NEWSPAPER

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Starting Bid
$1,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT CIVIL WAR WATERFORD, LOUDOUN CO., VIRGINIA FEMALE-QUAKER PUBLISHED NEWSPAPER, Volume 1, No. 4, August 20th, 1864. Four pages printed on one folding sheet. Published by three young Quaker Unionist women, Sarah Ann Steer (1837-1914), Elizabeth Schooley Dutton (1839-1927), and her sister Emma Eliza Dutton (1844-1921), all of Waterford. Begins with a headline endorsement of the Lincoln-Johnson ticket and continues with small incidents of Union life in Confederate territory, including Mosby's raid at Point of Rocks. 1864. 10 3/4" x 7 3/4".
Catalogue Note: Only a handful of copies are known of this newspaper, most being in institutional collections. Loudoun County, located in northern Virginia, is bordered to the north by West Virginia and to the east by Maryland. Despite its close proximity to Union-held states, the area was largely under the control of Mosby's Confederate Raiders and subject to a strict Union blockade, which led to severe shortages. The area was home to a vocal but embattled Quaker population, which supported the Union. In response to these desperate circumstances, three young Waterford Quaker women launched a pro-Union newspaper in May 1864 and somehow continued publishing monthly issues through May 1865, donating all proceeds to the United States Sanitary Commission. Abraham Lincoln was made aware of the paper and owned several issues. 

Condition

Good overall condition with light foxing, expected fold creases resulting in some tiny holes and minor losses, ink stain to the front sheet. 

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