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Information on the City Jail in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.
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1864-03-29, Richmond Whig; more on the lock-stealer at Hollywood
1864-04-04, Richmond Whig; man in the city jail fakes small pox in order to be taken to Howard's Grove, thinking it would be easier to escape from there, but is found out and taken back to jail
1864-07-01, Richmond Sentinel; house of "ill fame" is broken up by police. Women there "exposed their persons in the windows, and halloed at, threw at and spit upon all passers by."
1864-07-07, Richmond Dispatch; new trial of Robert Forde postponed until the next term on motion, and Forde sent back to jail.
1864-07-07, Richmond Examiner; Chimborazo patients caught in a “notorious bawdy house”
1864-08-05, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 5, 1864
1864-08-09, Richmond Dispatch; A report on the business of the City Council meeting reported on August 9, 1864
1864-08-22, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 22, 1864
1864-08-27, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 27, 1864 - Mayor still absent
1864-08-31, Richmond Dispatch; Free negro arrested for grand larceny
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