Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Gov. Button” in article 8 of The Daily Dispatch: September 5, 1862., [Electronic resource]:
...erous condition of that city.
In 1860 the population numbered 56,805, in 1861, $3,000, and at present it amounts to 90,000.
An indignation meeting was held at Wilmington Del., which denounced Gov. Button , of that State as a traitor and the tool of Senator Simsbury.
A committee was appointed to place the proceedings of the meeting before the President and Secretary of War.
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