Convict Flyers, 1888.

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Convict Flyers, 1888.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44041053

Collection includes two convict flyers. The first, dated January 20, 1888, offers a total reward of $450 for the return of two convicts and two mules; the second, dated, March 7, 1888, offers $50 each for the return of five escaped convicts. All convicts escaped from the company's convict camp on the Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus Railroad.

.05 linear feet.

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7537338

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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