(CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE) John Hunt Morgan Proclamation to th

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(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) John Hunt Morgan. Proclamation to the People of Estill and Adjoining Counties. Letterpress broadside, 10 x 6¼ inches, signed in type by adjutant R.A. Alston for General Morgan; minimal wear; uncut. Irvine, KY, 22 September 1862

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Second issue, with spelling corrected from Estelle to Estill, otherwise same setting of type. Issued during an early cavalry incursion by the notorious Morgan's Raiders, this broadside reassures the people of a rural central Kentucky that they will be treated well if they do not resist:

"The Gen. Commanding, takes this means of informing the people that he has not come among them to disturb them in the enjoyment of their rights, either of person or property. The Home Guards are required to come in at once and deliver up their arms, those who fail to do so will be regarded as enemies of the Government and treated accordingly. Those who comply will be treated as non-combatants, and private citizens. Private citizens who seek opportunity to ambush our soldiers commonly known as 'Bushwhackers' will be regarded as outlaws, and orders will be issued to shoot them wherever found. If any of our men are fired on while passing through the country, I will lay waste the entire surrounding neighborhood."

This order was likely printed on a commandeered press, in Irvine or elsewhere. The printer apparently lacked access to a good full supply of type; a few letters are apparently borrowed from a different typeface, such as the "p" in "deliver up" and first "u" in "surrounding." Parrish & Willingham 1019 (listing only one example of each issue, both at the University of North Carolina).