4to. (1)-(4) pages each issue (some issues lacking a blank integral leaf). 39 scattered issues from this period, published under several variant titles by several different publishers; the largest run in the group consists of 26 issues, September 1, 1859 -- August 18, 1860 (of 31 issued during the period under the title Merchants and Planters Prices-Current, published by John Forsyth). The balance of the group consists of five issues published 1848-1859 and ten issues published 1866-1904. Each issue includes all manner of information concerning trade from the port of Mobile during the past week, especially cotton, with names of ships coming and going, destinations, tables of goods, comparisons with previous years, a weekly review if the Mobile market, business news notes, etc. The long run from 1859 and 1860 offers an excellent view of the market on the eve of the Civil War. Several issues have letters written on the recto of an otherwise blank integral leaf. Overall, a very good lot. For the 39 issues,

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Title

Merchants and Planters Price-Current [caption title]

Publisher

Sanford & Wilson, John Forsyth [and others], Mobile, AL

Publication Date

1904

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Americana

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Bartleby's Books, ABAA
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